The Dog Breed That Was Bred to Protect Monasteries

High in the Himalayan region, Tibetan monasteries relied on dogs that carried out work essential to daily life. These dogs ...

Council wants to sell historic monastery

A Devon council is looking to sell the former Victorian-era monastery despite campaigners wanting to turn it into a community centre. Councillors and campaigners in the Clifton with Maidenway ward ...
Catholic News Agency

Sister Mary Michael, last of Mother Angelica’s founding nuns, dies at 94

Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died on Nov. 10 after roughly three-quarters of a century of ...
Greek Reporter

The Mount Athos Academy That Preserved Greek Identity Under the Ottomans

The historic Athonite Academy at Mount Athos was instrumental in promoting Christianity and Greek identity during the Ottoman ...
National Catholic Register

What This Connecticut Cloistered Community Teaches a Hurried World

EWTN News, Inc. is the world’s largest Catholic news organization, comprised of television, radio, print and digital media ...
Catholic Standard

Carmelite Nuns of Port Tobacco to welcome relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Maryland’s first Carmelite monastery continues its hidden life of prayer as the sisters prepare for the arrival of St.

Archaeologists Tunneled Into a Sealed Crypt—and Found 6 Tar-Covered Coffins

Tar was often used to seal coffins and not an usual part of the find, but the metal bars and layers of fabric archaeologists ...
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At tomb of Lebanon's miracle saint, faithful await the pope

Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a child. Now, he is among pilgrims of all faiths who visit ...