Put succinctly, the history of Halloween as we know it is a muddy, confusing collection of practices that probably owe more ...

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Grave goods buried with the dead, such as jewelry and weapons, could be relics of paganism that remained as Christianity rose ...

In the 7th century, England stood at a crossroads — torn between the old gods of its ancestors and the rising tide of Christianity. This film explores the story of the last great pagan ruler who dared ...

In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Eco (“Foucault’s Pendulum”) and Ken Follett (“The Pillars of the Earth”) ...

Most people dream of a magical wedding day, but one Warrnambool couple has taken it a step further with druids, knights and assassins all featuring in the big day.

A high school student was muted and kicked off a Zoom session after sharing his Christian faith during his school's daily "social time," according to a religious liberty legal group. On Sept. 23, Zion ...

On September 12, 2025, the UN General Assembly adopted the non-binding “New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Georgia Somary wants to turn people’s homes into “contemporary castles”, where historically inspired decor ...

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

This summer brought a curious announcement in the history of Christian filmmaking: 21 years after his hit biblical epic The Passion of the Christ became one of the most important touchstones in ...

Tucker Carlson recently sat down with Sam Altman, and the conversation turned troubling almost at once. Less than ten minutes in, Carlson asked a deceptively simple question: Who decides what shapes ...