4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1348+ words) Throughout their entire adult lives, the women of the Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery have served others as educators, health care providers and spiritual leaders. The Catholic nuns, many highly educated, have taught and ministered across the U.S. and…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (285+ words) Leo unveiled the portrait before celebrating Mass with his fellow Augustinian brothers at the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano south of Rome. He joins a handful of past popes whose visits to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1033+ words) For Kentucky author Wendell Berry, the environmental crisis he lamented to such great effect in his essays, poetry and fiction was also a human crisis — a deeply spiritual one. Berry, who died Monday at home at age 92, drew that connection…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (354+ words) The Procession of Lights was part of a four-day program for the eighth edition of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth in Bucharest. The annual gathering brings together 2,400 people aged 16 to 35, many from Romania and its diaspora and other Orthodox…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (753+ words) “It is centered around the worship of Da Shi Ye, also known as the Guardian God of Ghosts, and has become one of the major traditional Chinese religious celebrations in Bukit Mertajam,” said Lee Kim Fong, general affairs coordinator for…...