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Our Lady of Good Counsel

Church History

word on fire

Tom Hoopes

Bishop Barron’s guide to rediscovering Vatican II

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John Burger

Archdiocese of Cincinnati plans pilgrimage for bicentennial

Bethany Beyond Jordan

J-P Mauro

Jesus’ baptism site in Jordan, not Israel, Catholic archbishop clarifies

Bret Thoman, OFS

A journey to the mosaics of Ravenna, Italy

Tzachi Lang, Israel Antiquities Authority

John Burger

“Christ born of Mary” inscription found in ancient church in Israel

HOLY SEPULCHRE

J-P Mauro

Expert suggests Christians conducted pilgrimages earlier than thought

Banias Nature Reserve

John Burger

Early Christian church found at site where Jesus handed Peter the keys

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

John Burger

Constantine’s vision and the theory of the sun

SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Zelda Caldwell

Take this free online class from Yale on the history of Christianity

FATHER GABRIEL RICHARD

Philip Kosloski

Heroic Michigan priest begins road to canonization

EARLY CHRISTIANS

John Burger

The best books about early Christianity, according to experts

Church of St Andrew Greensted

J-P Mauro

10 of the oldest churches in England

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

John Burger

Long lost sacristy discovered beneath Westminster Abbey

CHORA

John Burger

After Hagia Sophia, another historic Turkish church becomes a mosque

CATHOLIC BOOKS

John Burger

Some of the best books on the history of the Church, according to historians

CYPRUS;BIRTH OF CHRIST

V. M. Traverso

The hidden beauty of the “painted” churches of Cyprus

Tintern Abbey

John Burger

Tintern Abbey might be some of the most beautiful ruins you can visit

hagia-sofia

John Burger

Hagia Sophia filled with sounds of Islamic prayer at formal conversion into mosque

Hagia Sophia

John Burger

Turkey invites Pope Francis to Istanbul for Hagia Sophia ceremony

San Miguel de Lillo

V. M. Traverso

Some of the oldest Western Christian architecture is in Northern Spain

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