Ethnic Austrians are now a minority in Vienna’s elementary schools, with Muslim pupils rising to a whopping 41.2 per cent.

With a growing share of Muslim students, Vienna’s education leaders are pushing for a new subject on democracy and ...

Today’s religious identities have more to do with political decisions made centuries ago than with personal faith.

In this week’s Inside Austria, we look at why Good Friday isn’t a public holiday, how Easter break works for schoolchildren, ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

A broad alliance of Church and civil ... the protest at Ballhausplatz in Vienna entitled “Families stay together”, which was also supported by Caritas and Catholic Action.

Near the end of the 17th century, Emperor Leopold I of Austria took refuge in the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Pasau, when 200,000 Ottoman Turks besieged the capital city of Vienna ...

But in 1782, a decade after Austria-Hungary annexed the region ... It was moved to the town’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, belonging to a Byzantine branch of Catholicism ...

Identifying the ancient temple, which has served as a church, museum and mosque ... especially for the Habsburg Empire (Austria). The city of Vienna found itself under siege several times.

“When Henry VIII declared himself head of the Church of England, rather than recognizing papal supremacy, it opened up all sorts of issues with international diplomacy. The Catholic church’s ...