A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has validated the diocesan investigation for the beatification cause of Servant of God ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

Labour has been accused of introducing a “worship tax” by slashing funds to repair ancient churches and save them from closure. The Government announced on Wednesday that it would halve the ...

Do all church buildings face east? Does this matter? Why have some Christian denominations constructed their church buildings so the doors face east? Why Do Some Churches Face East? The denominational ...

The Trump administration has reversed longstanding policies that limited immigration enforcement in sensitive locations such as schools and churches. This change allows officers to arrest migrants ...

Meanwhile, Canadian Christians were startled by another development: a formal recommendation that the governing party consider taking tax-exempt status away from churches. The Standing Committee ...

A cross is reflected in glass panels at the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, on Oct. 14. Photo: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images ...

a decent cathedral and as a base for exploration farther afield to places such as the fifth-century San Saturnino – one of Italy’s earliest churches – and access to some of Sardinia’s many ...

Italy has reduced the number of migrant boats from reaching the country with one main tactic. Giorgia Meloni has used money to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa ...

David Tudor (l), who has now been banned for life from the Church of England, was pictured talking to Stephen Cottrell, then Bishop of Chelmsford, in 2014 A woman who says she was sexually abused ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the year-end press conference in Rome, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo ...