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Over 55 years ago, legendary jazz musician Pharoah Sanders recorded a spiritualist masterwork that remains a critical piece of art in 2026.

In the upcoming PBS documentary, “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World,” director Sasha Waters pays homage to one of America’s most beloved modern poets.

The 13th‑century German mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg uses erotic love to describe ecstatic, reciprocal union with God.

The Catholic Church on May 2 honors St. Athanasius of Alexandria, a fourth-century bishop known as “the father of orthodoxy” for his dedication to the doctrine of Christ’s divinity. Athanasius …

For God has not only made us out of nothing, but he gave us freely, by the grace of the Word, a life in correspondence with God. — St. Athanasius

Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying …

A New Orleans federal appeals court restricted access to mail-order prescriptions of the abortion‑inducing drug mifepristone. The panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, …

Pope Leo XIV echoed his calls for dialogue and peace between the United States and Iran while expressing grief over the deaths of innocent children killed in a military attack …

Text messages released by the Senate Judiciary Committee show two former federal prosecutors discussing desires to prosecute nuns during investigations of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. …

The Supervisory and Financial Information and Authority (ASIF, by its Italian acronym), the body established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to put an end to irregularities, received a total …