UCA News

Papal visit highlights Church's forgotten African roots: historians

The visit highlights the African continent’s deep role in shaping Christianity and its enduring legacy in the global Church ...
The Boston Pilot

Pope's journey to Africa is chance to rediscover the Church's African roots, say historians

As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church's past are hoping he won ...
The Christian Century

The Black Madonna and the church’s imagination

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones argues that to name Mary as Black is to challenge Christianity’s complicity in colonization and to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rolled Up in a Cellar for Decades, This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Is Now Up for Auction. Why Is Mary Magdalene’s Face Missing From the Portrait?

Found in Berlin, the artwork was probably damaged in the chaotic aftermath of World War II. Despite the gaping hole in the ...
Space.com

'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will blaze across the sky on April 13, 2029 — here's why this once-in-a-lifetime event is worth traveling for

A rare stargazing spectacle will unfold on Friday, April 13, 2029, as the asteroid Apophis passes closer than satellites over Europe and Africa.