In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics.

The Baroque painter Francisco de Zurbarán is celebrated today as one of the greatest masters of the Spanish Golden Age. His ...

Crystal skulls arrived on the archaeological scene in the 19th century. No one knew who made them. Eventually, they all ...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring ...

Baby L. “suffered a fragmentation wound to the lower extremity which had fractured her hip, and she sustained a fractured skull and 2nd degree burns,” the report added. Unlike Afghan Pashtuns, Baby L.

Support for religious liberty among Americans grew over the past year in most categories, according to the 2024 Religious Freedom Index survey from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty ...

(RNS) — During the 20 years of surveys, the respondents reported 16,276 credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors by priests, deacons or religious brothers. (RNS) — Over two decades ...

The Dominican House of Studies’ next major project will be the restoration of its St. Catherine of Siena and St. Rose of Lima altars, which are both located in the main chapel. The Dominican ...

The in-depth study, which tracked eating habits, dental structures and skull shape, found that those who ate softer foods were more likely to have buck teeth and to lack natural gaps, which are ...

A new study settled a century-long debate over whether an ancient skull found at an elaborate tomb in Ephesos, Turkey, was Cleopatra’s sister. Photo from Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna ...

That came a year after the death of a freshman who fell out of a bunk bed and cracked his skull after drinking with his fraternity the night before. The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was already on ...