When Roman governments didn’t have a coordinated response to plagues, the church stepped up.

Today’s fights over the religion in the public square are replays of fights from two thousand years ago.

Exploring the multiple meanings behind a New Testament “political cartoon.”

When to practice civil disobedience.

As the early church grew in wealth and stature, it displaced existing Roman models of caring for the poor.

The much maligned emperor receives a much needed makeover. A review of 'Defending Constantine.'

Rome won't cede the continent to secularists without a fight.

Synod of Bishops revisits inerrancy compromise reached at Vatican II.

"Servant of the Servants of God"

Pope and international diplomat

Emperor who made Christianity "the" Roman religion

Soon after Jerusalem fell, the Roman Colosseum went up. Coincidence?

Gladiator sets the tone in Rome pretty accurately but stumbles on lots of historical details.

Steven Gertz answers your questions

Early missionaries laid the groundwork for mass movements to Christ among the minority peoples of China.

Chinese Catholics have endured devastating division in the past century.

An account from Roman historian Tacitus (C. 115)

The catastrophic fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 forever changed the face of Judaism—and the fate of Christians in the Holy Land.