As David Sheff’s new biography reveals, decades of suspicion aimed at the provocative artist, musician and widow have ...

Like so many of Europe’s small-town wonders, Bruges is now well-pickled because its economy went sour so quickly.

As Israeli and American administrations enforce the one-state solution, Palestinians' hope to have a free Palestine is tested ...

Holy reliquaries, including relics of Saint Nicolas — who inspired Santa Claus — were confiscated by Canadian border services ...

Yet, for a faith steeped in the veneration of the remains–or relics–of saints ... place of St. Patrick at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity also known as Down Cathedral in Downpatrick.

Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ and the institution of the sacrament of the priesthood. During the Last Supper, Jesus offers ...

Despite declining Church attendance, millions of Irish people were drawn by the tours of St Thérèse’s bodily relics to ...

The darkly comic Southern novelist kept a quiet practice in the visual arts. For the centenary of her birth, her paintings ...

Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...

For instance, the Hibernian Canons forbade drinking blood or urine ... the body of the saint or their relics – was permitted. Oils that had passed through the tomb, along with water and even dust and ...