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Father Damien’s legacy has inspired health providers and humanitarians for over a century.
Relics often provided a way to bring more pilgrims into a church – and therefore, more offerings.
Eclipsed by the more popular Saint Patrick, Gertrude of Nivelles is also celebrated today, a holy woman who somewhat inexplicably became the patron saint of cats.
Olga of Kyiv is today recognised as one of Eastern Orthodoxy’s greatest saints – and her bloodthirsty tale is one of defiance and vengeance, and worth remembering today.
Saints are recognized for exceptional virtue and faith. But some also are commemorated for their scholarship.
Environmentalism may seem like a new mindset, especially in the Church. But care for creation has been woven into Catholicism for centuries.
After a year of pandemic social distancing, we know touch is a much-desired privilege. In the Italian Renaissance, people longed to touch not only each other, but also religious sculptures.
Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage that started earlier this month in India, has survived wars and famine since its origin. But the biggest threat has been the spread of illness – back then as now.
The mix-up might be explained by the rush to remove sacred remains to Rome some 1,700 years ago.
Many saints are venerated for specific reasons, professions or even nations. There are saints who are believed to provide assistance in selling a property.
The pandemic has inspired new forms of pilgrimages – some do-it-yourself, in which people are walking in their backyards or nearby spaces and finding meaning.
It was only in the 19th century the West became aware of Buddhism as a religion in its own right – but the Buddha had been a Christian saint for centuries.
Two precious manuscripts hidden in a bank vault survived the Allied bombing of Dresden, but one wound up in Soviet hands — until it was smuggled home.
Deaf Christians can often feel excluded in churches. But the Christian contemplative tradition that celebrates silence and considers it a form of prayer can bring a new understanding of faith.
At times we just don’t know what’s the right thing to do. St. Ignatius, who founded the Society of Jesus, developed a method of discernment that can be useful even to those who are not religious.
Elizabeth Seton was canonized in 1975 as a saint. Charities founded by her continue her work with poor immigrants.
A majority of the over 24 mosques spread over Palu were damaged in the tsunami. Two of them survived, though one of them is gradually sinking.
Medieval cathedrals were fund raising powerhouses – it’s time to let history live again.
There are many myths associated with St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. But Patrick’s own writings and early biographies reveal the person behind the legend.
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Programme Director, The Europaeum, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Richmond
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PhD in Medieval History, University of Nottingham
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Academic Co-ordinator of the Regional Heritage Centre, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Dean’s Professor of Religion & Professor of History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Art History, Rice University
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Associate Research Fellow in Medieval Studies, University of Exeter
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Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University
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