According to the Dialogues of Gregory the Great, Scholastica was born in Nursia, Umbria, to wealthy parents. While Gregory ...

Deborah Amell touches a statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha in 2012 at Our Lady of the Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has designated Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, New York, as a national ...

• 12th Century: Rings and crozier heads from the Cathedral Treasury, symbolising the wealth and influence of Chichester’s ...

The parade is known for its protagonists dressed in 17th-century style masks, that traditionally poked ... These include monsignors, priests, nuns, widows and widowers, mad people, wives and "cuckolds ...

Following up on a tip by a 17th century Jesuit monk, researchers discover an Inca tunnel network under Cusco. (photo credit: OJUP. Via Shutterstock) Archaeologists in Peru find a hidden Inca ...

Dating back to the 17th century, the continually controversial Bergen blue laws ban the Sunday sale of non-essential items such as furniture, appliances, clothing and cars, the Record said.

In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies. Kent Paterson is a freelance journalist who covers the southwestern United States, the border region and Mexico. He ...

The closest echo in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian Baroque artist ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

A 17th Century mourning ring discovered by a metal detectorist in Dorset is to go under the hammer. Anthony Woolmington, who has been metal detecting for eight years, found the ring on a farm near ...