Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

Post Malone is entering the world of comics with "Big Rig," a thrilling post-apocalyptic graphic novel described as "Mad Max ...

At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew ...

When I picked up the phone to call Cruse — always Howie to me — the most important thing I knew was that he had known my ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

has crowded her new book with the earnest, eccentric characters you’d hope to find in an out-of-the-way Italian village: an excommunicated priest, a disgraced postman who hoarded three years of ...

Norfolk has the largest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Almost 1000 were built, and today an incredible 639 ...

In Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the Catholic priest and fascist collaborator ... puzzle that involves Vincent’s 4 favorite books on medieval Latin. If you flip the note over while you ...

On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ...

Other traditions accuse the Reformers of ignoring church tradition and frustrating church unity. That gets things backward.

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement. July 18, 1982: ...

Berlin-based writer’s latest novel, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth, revolves around sculpted objects, absence, death and faith ...