From cliff-carved chapels to highland fortresses, these UNESCO-recognized sites bring travelers face to face with 17 ...

Albert Benoit/Wikimedia Commons) Séraphine Louis, better known as Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a French “outsider artist,” worked as a convent maid before her work was discovered, and by many ...

For the monks who lived in the secluded ‘Vale of Nightshade’, the festive period began with Advent, a time of quiet anticipation marked by fasting, prayer and long hours in the abbey church. This set ...

You’ll accomplish more by enjoying the work than by obsessing on perfecting it, Virgo. A touch of friskiness may even improve ...

A group of Catholic and Armenian Apostolic leaders is urging Pope Leo XIV to appeal for the release of at least 23 ...

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The Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript of the Christian gospels, the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and ...

How Bhakti poetry, Sufi courts, and manuscript cultures together shaped Hindi as a written language. A multilingual, material history of vernacular power—read more.

Long before eco-conscious faith, medieval monks were healing land, animals and harvests. New research suggests that the Vatican’s recently opened eco-friendly farm, inaugurated by the first pope from ...

An hour’s drive north of Mumbai, India, in the middle of a swath of low green hills and small farmhouses, a large arch marks ...

Tuscany often claims the spotlight, but neighboring Umbria—with its mosaic of forests, olive groves, and ancient hill ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Church leaders have appealed to Pope Leo XIV, urging him to take steps to ...