Saint Isaac of Nineveh withdrew into solitude, not out of contempt for the world, but to rediscover its divine beauty through prayer. His emphasis on silence and stillness as pathways to understanding ...

The White House annex, leveled to clear space for a new ballroom, was historically the working space for presidential spouses ...

Although Kiss reached No.4 in the UK with their version, in January 1992, for once the song’s commercial performance was not ...

A reliquary containing most of the bones of St. Therese of Lisieux will be traveling to Arkansas next month, part of a ...

Pope Leo XIV declared St John Henry Newman the 38th Doctor of the Church at Mass in St Peter’s Square today, the Solemnity of All Saints.

Back in May, Blake Shelton returned to his roots, dropping his first album in four years, the winkingly titled For ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Dorothy Day once told me, “When they call you a saint it means that you are not to be taken seriously.” Yet she took saints ...

The lives of St. John Henry Newman and of all the saints teach Christians that "it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity of the present without neglecting the apostolic mandate to ...

A San Antonio family is celebrating their daughter’s recovery and raising awareness about the importance of CPR after a ...

Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint's famous hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," and holding him up as a model for educators.

The original church was built on the Lateran Hill in Rome by the Emperor Constantine in about 324. The feast of its ...