Then suddenly, each person’s ego—the desire to enjoy at the expense of others—began to grow rapidly, as symbolized by the story of the Tower of Babel. This saw the emergence of destructive competition ...

Some places are so old, that you can't help but be curious about them. The history, what they've been able to withstand, the ...

Babylon was once the center of the world — the birthplace of empires, religion, writing, trade, and human civilization itself. Kings ruled here thousands of years before Rome even existed. The ...

As charge d’affaires of the United States embassy in Iraq some years ago, I shocked US and Iraqi officials when I said the US Federal Reserve should end the shipment of US banknotes resulting from ...

Before turning to the encyclical’s use of the Bible, however, it is worth pointing out that “Magnifica Humanitas” is not a work of biblical scholarship. Like a sermon, it draws selectively from ...

(NewsNation) — President Trump gave his political opponents ammunition Wednesday when he said, "I love the inflation," as he sought to calm Americans over rising costs amid the U.S. war in Iran. Trump ...

Many archaeologists believe the famed tower from the Book of Genesis may have had a real historical counterpart in ancient Mesopotamia. The Book of Genesis tells of an ancient city with a tower that ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas is a warning against the unbridled power of artificial intelligence. He has a point. Here’s a sampling to get us all thinking: Humanity, created by God in all its ...

It’s inevitable — everyone looks up. When visitors arrive at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, their eyes instinctively follow the surreal twisting lines of the basilica’s sculptural towers until they ...

Barcelona’s Sagrada Família has reached a height of 172.5 meters with the placement of the Tower of Jesus Christ to become the tallest church globally Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the central spire ...

The future world's tallest building has passed a major construction milestone. Saudi Arabia's JEC Tower has now reached 102 floors and is rapidly progressing toward its planned height of more than 1 ...

Iraq plans to triple within three months its exports of crude oil through Kurdistan to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan as OPEC’s second-largest producer is one of the Middle East’s producers ...