‘Saved by the Beauty of the World’ — and by the poetry of Mary Oliver

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

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

A 17th-century reliquary urn, carved and gilded in wood and believed to be one of 17 ecclesiastical artifacts stolen from the Church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano...

A Louisiana pastor indicted for embezzling more than $343,000 from one of two churches he pastors has denied the charge and claims he worked without pay for four...

This week was marked by high-stakes developments at home and abroad, including a third brazen assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, the end of a partial government shutdown...