The 2021 film starring Virginie Efira follows a 17th-century nun entangled in a forbidden love affair and religious visions.
The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by historian Judith C. Brown, and is based on the life of Benedetta Carlini.
The story of Longinus is one of the most powerful tales of spiritual transformation in history. A Roman soldier, tasked with ...
On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...
COMMENTARY: St. Paul Miki and his companions did more than simply die for the faith. They lived it with missionary vigor and ...
Rooted in early Christian tradition, Candlemas marks the presentation of Jesus and purification of the Virgin Mary at Herod's Temple in Jerusalem.
MERCOGLIANO, Italy (RNS) — Inside a church just outside Naples, people known as femminielli gathered for La Juta, a centuries ...