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 ...

Because most of history relies heavily on literary records written by men, discovering reliable historical data about Christian women can be challenging. This search is further complicated by the fact ...

(RNS) — In Scripture and in the history of the church, the poor are where we encounter God, the pope writes in his 'Dilexi Te.' (RNS) — Jesus tells us in the Gospel of Matthew, “the poor will always ...