The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

America has been around long enough that an article in the magazine’s back pages actually commemorates the last centennial ...

COMMENTARY: The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But ...

Owners Insurance Company asked a federal judge to declare that it isn't liable for Cody Anderson's alleged conduct regarding ...

1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

Using Emperor Constantine’s famous vision of the cross ... where she’s spent the majority of her career. Pope Francis emphasized that hope is “always possible” in Jesus Christ during ...

The Vatican has been home to the Pope since the 14th century ... and now features scenes from the life of the Roman emperor Constantine. But it may once have been home to some seriously NSFW ...

Stasolla suggested that Constantine knew which tomb was Jesus ... Cosmatesque artworks are deemed as being cherished by the Pope, so much that rarely any have been found outside of Rome and ...

The victory of Emperor Constantine during a civil war allowed for some of the most dramatic events in Roman history. The emperor’s tale of divine intervention at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge ...

The shaft of the spear was donated to Pope Innocent VIII in 1492 by Sultan ... mother of Emperor Constantine. These relics have been venerated since the Middle Ages and have inspired mosaics ...

Constantine agreed, appointing a jester ... or calendar reform in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, eliminating 10 days from the calendar. The origin of April Fool’s Day remains obscure. Here are some of the ...