Who were the Cathars, and what was daily life like for them? In this video, we explore the beliefs and lifestyle of this medieval Christian sect that challenged the power of the Catholic Church.

Of the former strain, thirteenth-century Catharism was viewed as perhaps the most poisonous. At least it elicited the fiercest response. First the Cathars weathered a particularly vicious crusade ...

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THE Roman Catholic Bishop of Pamiers, in France, the Rt Revd Jean-Marc Eychenne, is to apologise for the violent persecution of an ancient Christian group, the Cathars, by the RC Church eight ...

Rachael Kohn: They were the most feared of mediaeval Christian sects: they were the Cathars. Hello, and welcome to The Ark, I'm Rachael Kohn. Their territory stretched from Italy to France and the ...

Catharism, or Albigensianism ... until it found that of a Good Christian, the Cathars' name for themselves. Following the Consolation that soul was then liberated from the world of matter. ...

To the Editor: The cover article, “The Besieged and the Beautiful”; (May 9), on the crusade against the Cathars, does not present the full story. A much more serious issue than religious ...

A Christian sect, Catharism had enormous sway in the region from the late llth century until the early 13th century when the Inquisition was formed specifically to stamp it out.

The Inquisition was initially designed to deal with Christian heretics, ... Murphy says the "inquisitorial impulse" is alive and well today — despite its humble origins with the Cathars in ...