I’ve heard more than one post-V2 Boomer expressing embarrassment about the fiery faith and often-gruesome martyrdom that characterized the stories of the saints. The Smart Set were better than ...

The liturgical year was to be revised so that the traditional customs and discipline of the sacred seasons shall be preserved or restored to suit the conditions of modern times ... preference over the ...

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The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

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of saints and martyrs. The most spectacular, he says, are found in Melk Abbey, Austria, where the bejeweled remains of St. Friedrich, in a relaxed pose, appear to be art for art’s sake.

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Speaking after the Angelus prayer on January 26 ... close,” the pope explained, drawing parallels between the reaction of Jesus’ contemporaries and modern believers. “This event also ...

Drawing on lessons from South Africa, where his parents were born, and from Jewish tradition and history — he worships in a Modern Orthodox ... your own community of prayer and study.

Drawing from a wide array of sources, Lichens brings together mysterious tales of supernatural activity and customs from the Catholic world, offering accounts of werewolves, ghosts, mummies and flying ...