The head of Manila’s Roman Catholic Church urged Catholics to turn to prayer as the country faces “a time of crisis, conflict ...

Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman […] ...

This story is part of an occasional series on research projects currently in the works at the Law School. The Thirteenth ...

Without organized traditional religion, Americans are inclined to fill the void with something far worse than “love thy neighbor.” ...

Here are three recent graphic novels that can help us to remember resistance against slavery. They follow in the footsteps of ...

Francis made his first appearance in five weeks. Doctors say he needs two months of rest and convalescence at the Vatican.

James Keane's book Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes highlights "50 Writers, Thinkers, and Firebrands" whose ...

The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs.

It was the first Roman colony and an important urban center of antiquity, 16 miles from Rome. “This is an absolutely ...

Holding red flags and placards bearing messages such as ‘We are not your slaves’ and ‘A healthy work-life balance is every employee’s right,’ the protesting workers demanded legal ...

A rare and haunting discovery inside the skull of a Roman man who perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has revealed his brain was transformed into glass—fossilised by an intense surge of ...

Historians say these early rulers borrowed elements of the Roman Empire and governance ... In response to rising violence and slave raids, more than 1,700 hillforts were built, some serving as lordly ...