Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul by Atatürk’s government, capping a campaign begun in 1916 by Enver Pasha that ...

Palestinians across the Middle East are commemorating the anniversary of the “Nakba” -- Arabic for “the Catastrophe” -- when ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

Archaeologists working in the Tangier Peninsula, in northwest Morocco, have discovered ancient cemeteries, rock art and ...

I moved from the US to Italy 11 years ago. It took me years to adjust to the slower pace of life and become comfortable ...

Pope Leo XIV asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting, and he called for the release of journalists imprisoned for their work.

The journey to Nicaea for the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is expected to be the first international trip of ...

The Council of Nicaea in the year 325 was, arguably, the most theologically significant and influential gathering of ...

Home-grown vegetables, heritage pulses and hand-rolled pasta define a community feast in the remote mountaintop town of ...

Imagine the walls that have soaked up 1600 years of history in one of Constantinople’s most important Byzantine monasteries, ...

Here’s a look at some of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV‘s family members as discovered in the Chicago Tribune archives. Mildred A. Martinez Prevost (mother) Raised in Chicago with five sisters — including ...

Synergy and Terra were informed by ResEd on May 6 that both co-ops would lose their co-op status next academic year, due to ...