You may find it shocking to see the coat of arms of a football team in a medieval church. But for the people of Barcelona, this is far from surprising.
An eccentric priest driving around northern Spain in an old Citroën, carrying a few cans of paint left over from roadwork and a paintbrush: the visionary who created one of…
Saqqara is home to the ruins of the Monastery of St. Jeremiah, the Deir Apa Jeremiah, an ancient monastic site that helped develop early Christian spirituality
Istanbul’s labyrinthine streets are home to sokak kedisi –stray cats who have become the beloved witnesses to the city’s past and present. Statistics claim that Istanbulites share the streets of…
The Hiberno-Scottish missions distinguished themselves through a unique form of monasticism that contributed to a robust intellectual tradition in Europe.
Saint Paul’s is no ordinary well. This still-serviceable water well, in the old quarters of Tarsus, stands as a symbol of the rich Christian history woven into the fabric of…
Nowadays, pilgrims arriving to Clonmacnoise will find but the ruins of seven churches and its striking Celtic crosses. But the monastery was for centuries the very heart of Ireland –a…