Mrs Hitchens remembers - as I had forgotten - that I was in almost complete despair over the Covid panic after about two ...

Traditional decorations, food and practices have floated down through the centuries, and landed in present day – if not in the exact format, in a facsimile of them. During November and December, the ...

Pope Leo XIV has called on Christians to rediscover together the faith professed at the Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago.

Dame and the Sagrada Familia to Canterbury and the Duomo di Milano, here's our round-up of the best cathedrals in the world.

In James Whale’s iconic 1931 version of “Frankenstein,” Boris Karloff imbued the monster with a poignant vulnerability.

Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to move beyond “theological controversies” that no longer serve the cause of unity and to ...

The United Kingdom is studded with megalithic formations dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze ages. Many are finding in ...

A steady stream of spiritual pilgrims—mostly women—are drawn to the island’s ancient temples and its museums, home to the curvaceous prehistoric figurines seen as symbols of creation and renewal ...

But why are these confectionery canes Christmas symbols? Here’s a bit of Christmas trivia you probably didn’t know: Legend has it they were first invented by a choir master to keep choir boys occupied ...

How would this rather unusual claim [of a resurrected Messiah] or message have fallen on the average pagan ear? That's the most difficult question of all. This is obviously an interpretation which ...

Why do we decorate a tree at Christmas? Where does this tradition come from? Discover the origins of this iconic element of ...