Its presence, discreet but eloquent, elevates the atmosphere of the liturgical celebration, constantly reminding us of Mary ...

Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, was quickly discovered to be a White Sox fan after his elevation to head of the Catholic Church earlier this year. The team has leaned in, with murals of ...

The film The Greatest Showman is a fictional depiction of the life of P.T. Barnum, the creator of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

In Steven Gaines’s racy, now out-of-print Beach Boys biography Heroes and Villains, he recounts that Gary Usher – who wrote ...

By Kathy Chouteau Tibetans and Tibet supporters worldwide will be celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on ...

We live in a time of contrasts, where personal freedom clashes with traditional expectations, and development frequently ...

The Shakespeare scholar Clare Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, delivered the annual Allen Hall Lecture last week and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Bethel Holiness Church will soon welcome a new face to their congregation. Cameron Going, a pastor currently serving in Pennsylvania, will be joining Bethel following an installation service to ...

In the long sweep of human history, few things are as natural or as irrationally feared as love between two people of the same sex.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday is beatifying a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe, giving young people in a place with endemic corruption a new model of holiness ...