Tag: christianity

In September 1998, a Tibetan Buddhist master named Khenchen Tsewang Rigdzin died in eastern Tibet. Over the days that followed, witnesses reported that his...

Two documents survive in St Patrick's own hand: a declaration of faith and an open letter of protest. From these, the facts are spare....

Each year, four days after the solstice, the birth of Christ is marked across much of the world. The sun, having reached its lowest...

Saint Nicholas is remembered today as a kindly bishop, the bearer of gifts, and the patron of children. But the figure we now celebrate...

For centuries, history has held that Pompeii met its fiery end in 79 CE, buried beneath the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. However, an...