Is there a historical episode less understood by the general public and more urgently in need of clarification than the Crusades? To some on the right, the Crusades prefigured the modern wars that ...

I’ve read some books on the history of the Crusades and it is a rather fascinating chapter of Church history. It is kind of like the Facebook relationship status “It’s complicated.” Yet as interesting ...

Last week President Obama spoke about faith, doubt, violence, and extremism, and was roundly criticized by many conservatives for what they saw as the "anti-Christian" tone of his remarks. In an ...

Above it was mentioned that Pope Gregory VII’s call for Western Christians to give military aid to the Byzantines amounted to very little in 1074. This was not the case when, in response to an appeal ...

Meanwhile, the Fourth Crusade (1202–04) infamously diverted to sack Christian Zara and then Constantinople itself, shattering the Byzantine Empire and deepening the East-West rift. Later crusades saw ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

The Crusades will get its theatrical release on July 7, 2023. The upcoming film showcases the exploits of three friends, from a private school for boys. Their institute is set to be merged with an ...

The president of Catholic Answers shares insights into the reality of the Crusades to help the Christian who is confronted with that apologetics conversation-stopper: “What about the Crusades?” How to ...