The medieval settlement included an inner city-citadel on a high rocky plateau, an outer city and unfortified suburbs.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has designated three churches in Manila, Quezon City, and San Mateo, Rizal as national shrines. In a statement Sunday, the CBCP said that the ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — For years, Sam Rickman loved going to church. A talented musician, his bass guitar would help set the tone every Sunday for Solid Rock’s founder and pastor, John-Paul ...

On January 13, the Christian church Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) mobilized more than a million of its members in the capital Manila to call for peace and unity. The gathering, which coincided with the ...

Vice President JD Vance fired back at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops over its denunciation of the Trump administration rule change allowing ICE raids in churches and schools. Last week ...

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches, to be celebrated May 12–14, in order to make known the richness of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Rev. W. J. Mark Knutson, right, walks with Juan Francisco Aguirre-Velasquez at the Augustana Lutheran ...

President Donald Trump's administration has announced the rollback of a policy that kept U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from entering churches and other "sensitive locations" to ...

Labour has been accused of introducing a “worship tax” by slashing funds to repair ancient churches and save them from closure. The Government announced on Wednesday that it would halve the ...

“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement and instead trusts ...

There's a mysterious site in Africa that some say was built by angels. Carved deep in a mountainous region of Ethiopia stand 11 churches, each cut from a huge block of rock some 800 years ago.