The Guanche people of the Canary Islands typically mummified all deceased members of their community until the arrival of ...

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...

Last Christmas, I borrowed a thought from the English spiritual writer Caryll Houselander and suggested in this space that the wood of the manger anticipates the wood of the Cross: that Christmas ...

It's the latest example of divisions between moderate and conservative Christians who are at odds over the administration's ...

US President Donald Trump's spiritual advisor Paula White-Cain made headlines earlier this week after offering seven Passover blessings, with a 10 inch Waterford crystal cross thrown in ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

Upon assuming office as an anti-Communist conservative, he strongly opposed the notion of a P.L.O. state and supported a militarily strong Israel as America's most reliable Middle East ally. Within a ...

In the whole Western World, presidents and prime ministers rolled over each other in stating how a wonderful Pope Franciscus ...

Predicting the next pope can be a notoriously secretive and unpredictable exercise. An old Italian saying even ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

COMMENTARY: From smuggled aid to candlelit prayers, Ukraine’s faithful are holding the line against both bombs and despair.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Hosanna on Palm Sunday by wearing white robes and carrying palm or olive branches ... Skilled artisans weave them into intricate shapes like crosses, doves, and ...