We’re stronger than we think.” Each day began with a moment of reflection on the various elements of Benedictine spirituality, followed by hours of walking, prayer and silence. The day closed ...

Saint Martin’s University names Father John B. Klassen, O.S.B., as the 2024-2025 commencement speaker and honorary degree ...

The Modality for Choosing a Pope The election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger by birth ... he covered a wide variety of subjects ranging from theology and spirituality to church history and musings on faith in contemporary times.

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the ...

My spirituality has drawn on a range of traditions – I have been on retreats in Benedictine monasteries, enjoyed deep conversations with Dominican friends, visited Franciscans in Assisi and been ...

On Sunday morning, May 18, a Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St. Peter's Square ...

An incredibly tiny island in the middle of a beautiful Italian lake is one of the best destinations in Europe. Isola San ...

From conclaves to reincarnation, religious traditions around the world follow different rules when selecting new spiritual ...

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at ...