He chose to address poverty, he pursued reconciliation in the church, and he believed in inclusion and compassion. He ...

Roughly 100 people gathered on April 26 in the gardens of Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner for the dedication of the Meditation ...

Salzburg is a star specimen, the splendidly preserved hometown of one of history's most beloved composers, Wolfgang Amadeus ...

Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer a “window ...

More than a millennium after they were carried abroad for safekeeping, a collection of early Irish monastic manuscripts is returning to Ireland for a landmark exhibition at the National Museum in Dubl ...

Historical films tend to be either romantic costume dramas or sweeping war epics, though sometimes, a film comes along that … ...

How analysis of texts from the early medieval period can help us understand comets - and our universe. The dam at Marsh Lake, Minnesota, has created an unexpected opportunity for pelicans.

The university system is under attack. Professors risk careers by publicly speaking out on issues of intellectual freedom. Campuses have become tinderboxes. Meanwhile, the lines between church and ...

A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, the Vatican ...

Himmler traveled to Barcelona in 1940 convinced that the Abbey of Montserrat hid in its tunnels the chalice from which Christ ...

Lets travel back in time and look at the life of one Medieval monk, who it turned out became a magician, an outlaw, a mercenary, a pirate and even had a brief stint as Admiral of the French fleet.