However, the country is feeling the effects of overtourism. In October 2024, Rachida Dati, France’s culture minister, suggested placing a surcharge on tickets to popular attractions for non-EU ...

I am still unsure how Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 masterpiece, “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” escaped my notice all these years ...

There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval ...

Perched in the hills just above the French Riviera, Grasse is often called the world’s perfume capital—and it’s easy to see ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

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Larger than a football field, the inside of the cathedral now glows with oatmeal-colored walls and cavernous vaulted ceilings ...

Religious sites in France aren’t just places of worship—they’re architectural and cultural icons, filled with centuries-old artistry and history. From grand cathedrals to intimate chapels, each site ...

Chaos broke out at a new aid center in the Gaza Strip yesterday, the first full day that humanitarian assistance was ...

Catholic worshippers have for weeks flocked to Alba de Tormes, a town ringed by rolling pastures in western Spain where the ...

The campaigners say women took equal roles in worship in the early Church, before medieval reforms, and that ... that the Church may someday welcome women as equals," she said. French activist ...