On June 28, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Irenaeus of Lyon, who as a boy sat at the feet of Polycarp, eagerly listening to the sermons of the early Christian bishop and disciple of the apostle ...

(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for ...

I went with some friends to see the latest Christian movie in the theaters the other night. We sat in an air-conditioned building in large, comfortable, reclining chairs and watched a high-definition ...

During the “Paschal Controversy” in the 2nd century, Irenaeus played a decisive role in mediating the dispute over the date of Easter. St. Irenaeus depicted in the apse of Holy Ascension Orthodox ...

An area that is left ambiguous by the Salisbury statutes is the responsibility for providing a screen across the chancel arch. Screens in general were an important part of the late medieval parish ...

The apostolic age is the period from Pentecost to the end of the first century, or the period covered by the New Testament except for the gospels. During this period women had an important part in the ...

Editor's note: After our editorial "Correct an injustice: Ordain women" appeared in the Dec. 7-20 issue, several readers asked us to provide more background on the history of women leaders in the ...

In the early days of the Christian Church, the supranational, one-world ideal founded by Alexander the Great and perpetuated in the Roman Empire was very much alive. Although Greece as a nation was ...

Lisa Amman is a cradle Catholic who attended parish schools through 12th grade and then worked at her St. Paul, Minnesota, church for 15 years. She would likely never have learned about St. Phoebe, ...

Founding a private chantry was much too expensive for most people, but the desire to have masses said for people's souls after death was, nevertheless, popular. In consequence, many individuals joined ...