In order to respond better to both the physical and spiritual needs of the poor, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in 1963, in 1976 the contemplative branch of the Sisters ...

As white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out, Robert Francis ...

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the ...

Easily recognizable as the elephantdeity riding a mouse Ganesha is arguably he most popular Hindu God and one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism The son of Shiva and Parv ...

Perhaps because the veil is thinning, and even those with earthly power can sense the encroaching darkness. Or perhaps because this prayer—ignored by so many modern bishops and priests—still ...