In a world increasingly shaped by secularism and scientific empiricism, a paradox emerges: the enduring belief that history has direction, meaning and purpose—a secularized form of providentialism.

Since the early 2010s, it has drawn lessons from scandals in the German Church. In 2010 ... Is the Italian secular press also trapped by this mentality? Yes. A recent example: In February 2024 ...

Does any living composer write better for choirs, or more demandingly when circumstances allow, than James MacMillan?

While many ultra-Orthodox Jews support Israel as the Jewish homeland, they oppose early Zionism's secular values.

What it did not find time to do was to stop the abuse of children by Catholic priests. A church founded by a man who ...

"It is tempting to see this moment as a crisis—perhaps even an unraveling. But history tells a different story." ...

This is an article about protest in medieval England in the fourteenth and early fifteenth century. It was a period of plague and protest from below. A pandemic loosened social ties and led to the ...

Does the Catholic college or university have anything distinctive to offer to today's world? Only if it maintains dynamic ...

Vance is right that we have positive duties to those closest to us and to harbor ill will or feel resentment toward them is ...

This week the 7 Most Endangered Programme, a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage, announced its list ...

Located in the village of Borgund, roughly three hours by car from Bergen, the construction of this medieval wooden church began in the late 12th century. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the church ...

Fret not, we’ve got you covered with this list of the top Medieval games you need to play. Feed and water the horses, hone your blades and don your armor, things are about to get bloody ...