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THE ROYAL MONASTERY OF BROU

Daniel Esparza

Five great books on history of art that you can read this summer

Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia

Bret Thoman, OFS

Aquileia, the ancient Roman city that was once a center of medieval Christianity

NOAH'S PUDDING

Cerith Gardiner

Try the world’s oldest dessert, called “Noah’s pudding”

catholic congress

John Burger

The Josephites: serving the African American community for decades

WEB-Dietrich-von-Hildebrand-Public-Domain

John Burger

Alice von Hildebrand, Catholic philosopher and critic of moral relativism, dies at 98

magi

Lucien de Guise

A gift the Magi might have wanted to take back with them

FRANCIACORTA

V. M. Traverso

The Catholic roots of the “Italian champagne”

Our Lady of Guadalupe procession

J-P Mauro

L.A. to celebrate 90th annual procession to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe

CHANT SCHOOL PODCAST

J-P Mauro

Learn how to sing Gregorian chant with this podcast

Le Thoronet

Alice Alech

Le Thoronet: This 12th century-monastery is one of the “Three Sisters of Provence”

Basilique Notre-Dame de Montligeon

Matthew Green

The shrine where you can send a card to the deceased

SPIRIT

J-P Mauro

How should a Catholic react to an encounter with a ghost?

Poor Clare monastery

Bret Thoman, OFS

This Italian monastery rose from the rubble of the 2016 earthquakes

Jill and Joe Biden

Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP

When the last Catholic president met the pope

SIGN OF PEACE

Lucien de Guise

Before there was the Sign of Peace, there was the Kiss of Peace

LANSE AUX MEADOWS

Zelda Caldwell

Vikings may have been the first to bring Christianity to the New World, study finds

WITCH HUNT

Ray Cavanaugh

These three priests fought against witch paranoia

Rievaulx Abbey

Zelda Caldwell

England’s former monasteries are inviting visitors to “hour of contemplation”

Bomb Damage To St Georges Cathedral

Lucien de Guise

For a jewel of a cathedral devastated by war, the delights are in the details

SKULL AND CROSSBONES

Margaret Rose Realy, Obl.OSB

The ‘Tree of Death’ haunts many a cemetery

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