General Audience: Pope tells why he Chose Name of Benedict In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave ...

Why not just say what we mean? By John McWhorter Other people might note his alien-ness and quickly forget it, but I couldn’t unsee it. And because I couldn’t unsee his, I couldn’t unsee ...

In the term of this issue we celebrate the great St. Benedict of Nursia. He is sometimes called the father of monasticism — though monks had lived in monasteries for centuries before Benedict’s birth.

Dalai Lama turns 90: At McLeodganj, why celebrations are tinged with anxieties The Indian Express travels to McLeodganj, headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, where the air is thick with ...

A UNIQUE 600-year-old book once used by Buckland Abbey’s monks will be returning to the abbey this summer for the first time in nearly five centuries.

Mount Athos, referred to in Greek as the "Holy Mountain", is one of the most important centers of the Christian Orthodox world.