How did the Holy Roman Empire come into being? This video traces its origins from the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the rise of Charlemagne and the crowning of Otto I in 962. We explore how ...

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Islamists have murdered tens of thousands of defenseless Christians, displacing around 15 million people from their homes.

Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in ...

Today marks the 508th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, marking the day in 1517 when Catholic priest and professor ...

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These saints from centuries ago still speak urgently with timeless messages on community, knowledge, creativity, ...

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An eccentric idea from the 1970s may rewrite everything we believe we know about the New Testament.

As Christianity triumphed in country after country in its march across Europe in the first millennium, the Nordic countries remained resistant to its allure. Christianity did eventually take over in ...