Wildfires fueled by strong Santa Ana winds have devastated Southern California, destroying thousands of homes and causing 27 deaths. The fires, affecting urban areas and the Olympic preparation ...

Luther, Zwingli, Carlstadt, Bucer, and many other rebellious priests soon took wives (often former nuns), while Thomas Cranmer already had one hidden in Germany. During the Council of Trent ...

On Dec. 28, priests, nuns, and faithful gathered in the city for a procession and the public reading of the papal bull, Spes non confundit (“Hope Does Not Disappoint”), which proclaimed the ...