Whether true or a coincidence, it refers to a historical episode that took place four centuries earlier, on September 11, 1683, during the second siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Empire: the Battle of ...

The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the battle of Hattin, an opponent of Martin Luther being made a ...

The Roman Empire faced a deadly plague during Valerian’s reign, weakening its strength at a critical moment. This video ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

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We need to love the Eucharist! We need to live the holy Mass! Our Christian life, our whole life, must be centered in the Eucharist. That is why this new translation is such a wonderful gift.

Vindolanda may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll probably have heard of the place it's found: it’s a fort on ...