The Disciples followed the Last Supper with a hymn, and the early martyrs went singing into the arena to meet the lions; voices raised in praise and gladness have always been part of the Christian ...

This past spring, four members of the American military forces stationed in Germany awakened before dawn and began a 10-hour journey that would take them to a remote rural location. Upon their arrival ...

On a clear day this spring, I attended Mass at the Abbey of Keur Moussa, a Benedictine monastery about an hour’s drive from the Senegalese capital of Dakar. It wasn’t Sunday, and I’m not a Catholic.

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I. However ...