IN a lecture of this title recently delivered at the London Hospital and published in the Lancet of November 7, Dr. Donald Hunter, physician to the Hospital, remarks that the world to-day is too ...

A new restoration of a church in Mexico has revealed a host of resplendent 16th-century religious paintings that once spanned ...

The Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution ...

But for believers, they are priceless religious treasures that provide physical links to saints and martyrs. BBC News NI dissects some of Ireland's best-preserved examples. The executed saint's ...

SAINTS & ART: The witness of St. Thomas Becket, whose feast day is Dec. 29, underscores the perennial truth that no earthly king reigns above Christ. Detail of Willem Vrelant, “The Martyrdom of ...

The martyrs are drawn from every continent and many Christian ... It was decided to use the ten niches not just to commemorate saints or worthy figures from the past (as is the case with most of the ...

At the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, a unique pandal named "Shaheed Gram" has been set up at Sector 18, which honors the Indian ...

BLESSED Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794. VATICAN—Pope Francis has declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne—who were executed during the ...

That the Church honors the Holy Innocents along with St. John the Apostle and St. Stephen the first martyr in the first days after Christmas should not surprise us. The correlation between ...

AMRITSAR: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday announced to set up a state of the art Surjit Patar Centre for ...