Zeno was the Byzantine Emperor who witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire. He is known for being buried alive by his ...

Christians at the Council of Nicaea settled the foundational question of Jesus' nature at the Council of Nicaea 1700 years ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from ...

My pilgrimage to the Orthodox theocracy of Mount Athos (the Holy Mountain) began with a deep yearning for the unknown. It was a place I had never set foot on but had always longed to experience in my ...

The Most Revd Julio Murray, Bishop of Panama and former Archbishop of Central America, chairs the plenary session launching ...

Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

One of the council's lasting legacies is the Nicene Creed, a profession of faith still recited by Christians of all big denominations.

Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and others at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome, Italy, on May 30, 2025. (Credit: Religión Digital.) Listen The Order of ...

iStock/oratai jitsatsue This month, 1,700 years ago, was one of the most significant and consequential events in all of Church history. Across the Bosporus Straight from Constantinople, in Nicaea, a ...

This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the story of the Great Siege of 1453. When history's greatest ...

Pope Leo XIV poses for a group photo with religious leaders who came to Rome for his inauguration Mass, during a meeting at the Vatican May 19, 2025. Seated to the left of the pope is Cardinal Kurt ...