Weekend breaks in Portugal offer a diverse range of experiences, from exploring historic cities to relaxing on beautiful ...

Medieval monks were intimately devoted to God, understanding themselves as Christ’s brides, she told The Fix. The course demonstrates how humanity has lost its sense of “being made in the ...

The desert fathers and mothers emerged in the fourth century as Christianity’s first monks and nuns. They established communities in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, dedicating ...

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 ...

These discoveries, made by researchers from the Catholic University, reveal graves of Lombard kings and royal court members, as well as Late Medieval monks. The site also yielded evidence of reused ...

Medieval monks such as Adam of St Victor and St Francis of Assisi promoted these songs in ... They were sung before and after Mary's hymn of praise, the Magnificat, which monks and nuns chant daily.