Saint Eudokia of Heliopolis, a Samaritan woman from ancient Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanon), lived a life of extravagance and sin before a dramatic conversion led her to a life of monasticism and ...

He occupies an important place among ascetic writers and theologians of the patristic age. Like Evagrius of Pontus in the ...

Cathars, eh? If you’ve travelled in Occitanie – specifically, from around Montpellier to Toulouse, via Perpignan – you will ...

Mardi Gras is a French expression meaning Fat Tuesday. It refers to the last day of indulgence allowed before Christians ...

Q: I think the Catholic Church's Lenten discipline is kind of a joke. Specifically, Friday abstinence really isn't that tough ...

Berlin: Is Markus Schleinzer's rigorously controlled tale of a German woman who disguises herself as a male soldier the ...

Crowds have turned out on the roads from California to Washington and ‘millions are finding hope in their journey’ ...

The Lenten fast was a natural part of every Northerner’s life; it was a physical and spiritual preparation for the Resurrection. It was a time of penance, almsgiving, and intense prayer. Today, the ...

The star behind the hit ‘Pasoori’ on self-expression in Pakistan, the country’s relations with India — and the ‘Muslim ...

Along with ritual immersion, John the Baptist called people to moral reform. His essential message, like the prophets of Israel before him, was one of repentance from sin in anticipation of God’s ...

Andrew Lownie spent years investigating the greed and excesses of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson for his book Entitled. Here, the writer reveals the barriers he faced in getting to the ...