From 13th-century anchorites to the French Resistance, authors Janet Rich Edwards and Paula McLain trace the enduring power ...

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The year was 1973 and Diann Droste was 16, on a Greyhound bus on her way home. When the bus encountered a snow storm and an unexpected detour, Diann experienced an act of kindness from strangers she’d ...

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Kathleen Dalyell, who has died aged 88, was stalwart in her support of the Labour Party and preserving The Binns – the home close by the Firth ...

The three octogenarian nuns broke out of a nursing home to go back to live in their convent, sparking a dispute with their church superior. Both... Austrian nuns await word from the Vatican on whether ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Set against snow-capped Alpine peaks, the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein is candlelit and set for Advent. In early December, the mood was contemplative, a sharp contrast to ...