An analysis of a 700-year-old ring reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion decoration.

From the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages spanned over a thousand years of dramatic change. In this video, we break down the full timeline of the medieval era in just 15 ...

Queen of Peace Residence's chapel was filled for a Grandparents’ Day Mass celebrated by Bishop Brennan and concelebrated by Father Joseph Gibino in Queens.

much like any other bishop. The election process in the early Middle Ages was quite transparent and collegial: Early popes were selected by consensus by the Roman deacons and nearby bishops ...

Papal elections in the Middle Ages were anything but orderly and predictable ... regardless of how the victory came about. The primacy of the Bishop of Rome was consolidated over time, not without ...

European maps from the Middle Ages are full of strange lands ... Here's the Average Social Security Benefit at Ages 62, 67, and 70 Bishop T.D. Jakes steps down from Dallas Megachurch ...

It was the spirit of Robert Grosseteste, a British Franciscan who had died a year earlier, serving as Bishop of Lincoln, whose profound erudition had earned him unanimous admiration and respect—so ...

Hereford Cathedral will welcome Bishop David Thomson this month to give a talk on How Hereford Cathedral found Christ in the Old Testament in the Middle Ages this month. Bishop David, a popular ...

Advent was celebrated for a longer period in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, spanning five Sundays. The celebration officially began in the late 5th century when the Gallic Bishop Perpetuus ...

SALISBURY Cathedral last week celebrated a long-standing tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages, where one of its choristers was chosen to be 'Chorister Bishop'. Senior Chorister Emmie delivered ...