The saint, also known as St. Teresa of Avila, was a Discalced Carmelite nun who died in 1582. The diocese, which is located ...

For nearly 40 years, daring smugglers transported nearly 40,000 Lithuanian-language books into the nation each year when it ...

Revivals of a Michael John LaChiusa musical and an early work by the “Past Lives” filmmaker toy with and challenge audience ...

A tomb of a medieval Catholic saint was recently opened ... A group of Discalced Carmelite nuns, monks and priests opened up her tomb as part of an intricate process to study the relics of St ...

Any night now, the astrophysicists tell us, a new star will appear in the night sky—about as bright as the North Star—the ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

The temple, which measures around 450 feet in length and roughly 250 feet wide is perhaps the best-preserved in Egypt.

The body of a medieval Catholic saint was recently exhumed, according to a translated press release, leaving archaeologists ...

Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of theology and Franciscan studies at St. Bonaventure University, has been awarded a $146,000 ...

Throughout 2024, Franciscans around the world commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the ...

Archaeologists excavating near the site of a now-vanished church, dating back to the 11th or 12th century, have uncovered remarkable evidence of a once-thriving mediaeval settlement. Their research ...