The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

A Jesuit priest discusses how Christian tattooing started shortly after Jesus’ crucifixion and spread across Europe in later ...

The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.

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From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers ...

Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan's best-known authors ... Her events were always packed with fans of all ages, including many women seeking her advise about life and relationships.

During a busy first week of spring term, monks from the Plum Village Monastery came to campus for seven days to hold activities of meditations, mindfulness, talks and retreats for students, faculty ...

First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic ...

Many of them indeed ate no more than was necessary to stay alive, mortifying the body to purify the soul. One Theodosius, a Palestinian monk, scolded a follower, who was to accompany him on his annual ...