RELIGION

Haifa University researchers pieced together more than 60 tiny parchment fragments to decipher the document.

His Holiness made history when he married Paula Podest and Carlos Ciuffardi on the papal plane.

An ill-fated religious experiment in Münster gave St. Lambert's Church a set of alarming accessories.

These secret cults worshiped lesser-known gods outside the official pantheon—and their rituals were sometimes bizarre.

St. Julian the Hospitaller's name refers to the fact that he opened a hostel for travellers and dedicated his life to providing hospitality for the sick and needy—but only after he’d killed his parents in a twist on the story of Oedipus. For that reason,

One of the most damaging charges against Joan of Arc had to do with her clothes, which eventually turned into part of her legend.

It's 18 miles long.

One of the group's three remaining worshippers, Sister Frances Carr, 89, died Monday.

Archaeology might raise more questions about the bible than it answers, but that doesn’t stop millions of religious tourists from flocking to the Holy Land every year to walk in the footsteps of figures like Jesus and Moses.

The "Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary" is the first work of its kind to be published in nearly 50 years.

Castel Gandolfo has been used as a papal getaway spot since the 17th century.

On Yom Kippur, the second of the two Jewish High Holy Days, even the Torah gets a special white outfit.