Across the Italian countryside, sacred religious spots are offering tranquility to a new generation of travelers.

Further reading: Benedictine priest assaulted in East Jerusalem In a statement, the Gilet town hall indicated that the assailant, who initially fled into the mountains surrounding the monastery ...

The moon is a well-known symbol of Our Lady. Two meanings especially have been popular. In comparison with Christ, who is called sol invictus, Mary is the moon who receives grace and glory from Christ ...

One would be hard pressed to find a better example of a highly evocative national symbol than the Virgin of Guadalupe of Mexico ... For these people there was no proper place in the social order for a ...

Unlike the more famous knightly brethren, the Templars, the Knights Hospitallers were (are) an almost unknown organization.

He was part of the Catholic Bénédictine monastic order and sought to create a healing elixir with plants known for their remedial properties. Vincelli crafted the original recipe in the Abbey of ...

Christmas celebrations are known to be colourful traditions, each carrying deep symbolism. From vibrant poinsettias to shimmering bells, symbols of Christmas, like the stars, create a rich tapestry ...

Likely born in Rome to a noble family on an unknown date, Augustine joined the newly-founded Benedictine order, entering a community founded by the future Pope Gregory, who maintained a friendship ...

The term she coined builds on the Benedictine order’s motto of Ora et labora ... the room—the artists pepper the scene with symbols that would have been familiar to a 15th-century audience.

Almost a decade has passed since the People’s Liberation Army pulled the trigger on President Xi Jinping’s plans for a massive overhaul of the world’s biggest military. In the second of a ...

Benedictine (10-2) and Padua (7-5) have tradition rich programs, looking to go deeper into the postseason than either has in the last decade. While Padua last made it to the regional finals in ...

In 1915, a teenaged Zervas gained her pastor's approval and encouragement to enter the Benedictine convent in ... a professed religious of the Order of St. Benedict, is pictured in this undated ...