A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. will examine the struggle for liberty in the context of the role of the centuries-old Magna Carta and the English Church from its creation ...

LONDON — June 19 will mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta — the great charter of rights and freedoms drawn up by the abbots of England’s monasteries and the feudal barons of ...

The papacy’s role as organizer of the Crusades empowered it to ask for—indeed, to demand—tithes from churches and royal tax assessments from realms ruled by the warlord dynasties it had installed and ...

In 2015 Magna Carta celebrated its 800th anniversary. The Great Charter has been widely heralded as a fount of many rights that are highly valued in British and American law. One right that people ...

Modern justice was not born overnight. It has roots in the principles of liberty and equality, ideas that form the backbone of our judicial system. From same-sex marriage to school vouchers, they are ...

The Palace of Westminster will hold a mock trial of barons and bishops to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. Barons and bishops forced King John to sign the sacred document ...

Ten years ago this spring, Pope John Paul II offered to the Church a document addressing “one of the most demanding and important tasks for the future of the evangelization of humanity.” The document ...

In May 1983 a major event took place in Corpus Christi. The Magna Carta — the Great Charter — was here.

This week marks 800 years since King John signed the Magna Carta, the Great Charter, at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames, near Windsor to the west of London. A document of 3,500 words on calfskin ...

Legend has it that after he was forced to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215, King John of England threw himself on the floor in a rage, crawling around and biting on a stick like a dog. There were good ...