Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Episcopal Church presiding bishop, Pope Pius IV ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought ...

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to happen inside a house of worship.

The premier museum on Maryland’s history has hired a curator to focus on one of the state’s proudest claims to fame: its profile as a haven for faith traditions. The Maryland Center for History and ...

Events from this week in Christian history include the death of Richard Harvey Cain, Spain dissolving the Jesuit order, and ...

Some two decades before Robert Bellah and his colleagues wrote the seminal 1985 book Habits of the Heart, which improved the public conversation about religion and society in the United States, Bellah ...

Last week, in an attempt to justify his military attack on the sovereign nation of Venezuela and the ensuing arrest of ...

First, a little overlooked history: the initial encounter between Europeans in the future United States came with the establishment of a Huguenot (French Protestant) colony in 1564 at Fort Caroline ...

Thursday — the extra day tacked onto the month of February this year — isn’t a holiday, but its historical significance lives on due to its quirky ties between space science and religion. While most ...

Christ handing scrolll of new law to St Peter while looking at St Paul, mid-4th century. Marble Sarcophagus at Vatican Museums. Artist Unknown. Christ handing scrolll of new law to St Peter while ...