In his fourth encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” Pope Francis calls on believers to rediscover devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ...

A controversial Israeli professor is once again calling for a “rewrite” of the Holy Bible.

“The `Araab came with excuses, expecting double-standards [to be applied] and seeking exemptions [to be made for them], and ...

Selected excerpts from Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart, Dilexit nos, published October 24. The pope reflects on “the human and divine love of the heart of Jesus Christ,” the very one who ...

Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat. Earth’s warming could ...

Israel struck military bases but avoided targeting nuclear facilities. Iran has so far largely played down the attack, but now faces a decision about how to respond. Paramilitary forces ransacked ...

The use of "anno domini" and "before Christ" to mark time began in the early days of Christianity, and they're still used to track calendar years today.

new research shows. The study provides arguably the world's most clear-cut case of animal evolution in response to change made by ... Crustacean With Panda-Like Coloring Confirmed to Be a New ...

"Sabbath" is the English translation of the Hebrew word "Shabbat." For Liddell and his family, the commandment to honor the ...

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In the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', the Temple of the Sun is the stunning Middle Eastern shrine that houses the Holy Grail ... buildings in the world … there are still ...

Longtime sports journalist Silver looks at how Kyle Shanahan shook up the football world when, in 2008, he became the NFL’s younger offensive coordinator and developed a bold new approach to ...