A Greek Orthodox monastery in Italy, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome in the epicenter ...

Dame Sarah Mullally has been enthroned after 1,400 years of male predecessors Gabriella Swerling Social and Religious Affairs ...

The monks of La Trappe Abbey in Normandy may leave their monastery in 2028, the abbey announced — a move that could bring to an end 900 years of Cistercian monastic presence in Soligny-la-Trappe, ...

The worship-filled day of the Rev. Arthur Carl Kreinheder begins at 6 with the recitation of lauds. Afterward he celebrates Mass, and until the Great Silence that follows the night prayer of compline, ...

The tiny pastel de nata sure does get a lot of love. Before I moved to Lisbon about four years ago, I heard time and time again, "You're going to love the pastel de nata." And you know what? People ...

Several teams in Columbia showed up Saturday morning to pull fire trucks down Hampton Street to help fight childhood cancer. A new ‘ancient’ experience is opening its doors in the capital city, ...

On Thursday, Prisma Health Midlands Foundation and the Pinner family announced a $50,000 endowment in honor of Joe and Peggy Pinner. March is National Kidney Month. Two years ago, WIS introduced you ...

Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman offers a personal glimpse into the colorful world of monastic wine, journeying through monasteries in Italy, France and Spain as windows into Europe’s spiritual ...

Each year, Mardi Gras Indians greet the day on the city streets to sing and strut. This has been going on since the late 19 th century. The call and response sounds of the Indians often carry the ...

(The Conversation) — Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who presented themselves as white. (The Conversation) — The first ...

This gate leads to a second Black cemetery at Mepkin Abbey. Credit: Herb Frazier, Charleston City Paper. MORNING HEADLINES | Dom Gerard Jonas Palmares is the new abbot of Mepkin Abbey following a Jan.

Before first light hit the eastern flank of Mount Sopris — before the sun could warm the mesas and forests that slope toward Capitol Creek, or bake the sprawling ranches and fields on the valley floor ...