I have been leafing through old books dating from the 16th to 19th centuries. Last Monday, I spent half a day documenting ...

I had the privilege of attending a profoundly moving ceremony at the Korean War Memorial Center in Taguig City, Metro Manila, where educational grants were bestowed on descendants of Korean War ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil, the world's largest Roman Catholic country, saw its Catholic population decline further in 2022 while evangelical Christians and those with no religion continued to rise ...

The census indicated that Brazil had 100.2 million Roman Catholics in 2022, accounting for 56.7% of the population, down from 65.1% or 105.4 million recorded in the 2010 census.

Public space in India has always been an ambiguous concept. While it generally implies an area accessible to all members of a community, the reality is far from it. Lower castes and women, in ...

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.

Why not online over a weekend so there is no need to declare a holiday for citizens to do their duty? Municipal elections were far different in the Spanish colonial period. In 1985, the late Glenn ...

By the mid-19th century, more hotels opened in Athens. Credits: Public Domain The hotel boom begins Soon after, other hotels followed. The Anatoli and Anglia hotels opened on Aiolou Street in the ...

Founded nearly 2,000 years ago, the Catholic Church has seen a significant amount of revolutions. As women continue to become more involved in the church and fight to find their place within the ...

Residents will soon bring new life to the halls of a 19th century Catholic college in Brooklyn that stood empty and in ruins for over a decade. The building, now known as The Hartby, at 788 ...

Literary fiction novels exploring the slave trade in Africa often focus on the Western side of the continent, detailing the rise and impact of the brutal European transatlantic project. However, ...

In a word: Catholicism. The religion arrived with the Spaniards who came to colonise the archipelago in the 16th century. "Catholic Church teachings emphasise the indissolubility of marriage.