Top church leaders have visited Gaza after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before.

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

The wooden prayer hall was erected in Tomsk by Jews who'd been taken as children and forcefully conscripted to the Czar's army for 20 years.The post Century-old scripture found during ...