A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched on Saturday, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad ...

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(CNN) — Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de ...

(CNN) — Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry ...

Eggers is coming off of 'Nosferatu' for the studio. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer After tackling vampires with Nosferatu, filmmaker Robert Eggers is taking on another horror creature genre in ...

But after a long-awaited ceasefire in the hostilities was reached Jan. 17, 2025, Catholic leaders in the Holy Land Jan. 20 called on Christian pilgrims to return to the region. (OSV News ...