For more than a century, the Catholic Church financed its expansion and its institutions with profits made from the purchase and sale of people they enslaved. This chapter of Church history has only ...

Pope Francis’ call for a synodal Catholic Church is now the central pillar of his pontificate. As he declared in 2015, at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops, “The ...

An attempt to examine the church’s history through its architecture suffers from narrow understandings of “church” and “history” alike. My own church has a stone structure by a creek in Johnson City, ...

Church history is a combination of history and theology. We examine Christianity, Christians and churches as well as religious movements and phenomena – the dynamics of the past that continue to shape ...

Winston Churchill famously said, "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." If the Catholic Church forgets history, it is simply doomed. Pope Francis recently issued a letter "On the Renewal ...

SALT LAKE CITY— The Church History Museum unveiled a 150-piece art exhibition on Thursday as part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 13th International Art Competition. The ...

How the message of Christ resonated through the centuries, even at moments when his followers failed to keep the tune. When it comes to church history, there are two common but misguided approaches: ...

(The Conversation) — With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in ...

St. Paul Lutheran Church and school is the longest-serving church in Oakland County, and it just celebrated more than 150 years and some renovations with a ribbon cutting on Dec. 2.

Reporting from Rome — After years of receiving plaudits for his upbeat, merciful brand of Roman Catholicism, Pope Francis has seen his popularity slip in the U.S. over accusations he has fumbled the ...

Members of a landmark Birmingham church are marking another phase of their history with the opening of a multi-million-dollar ...