How Omer Shem Tov, who was 20 years old and not particularly religious when taken hostage, survived 505 days in captivity.

Sister Maria Gloria Riva from a cloistered, contemplative monastery in the small state of San Marino in Italy, was the ...

Crowning Jerusalem’s sacred mount, the Dome of the Rock is a place of both prayer and protest. Extensive restoration and archaeological research are uncovering fresh clues to the shrine’s origins.

A national spiritual awakening is unfolding before our eyes. And it’s coming not through the expected corridors of politics, power or platforms—but through water.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34) Jesus describes as ‘new’ a commandment known since the time of Moses. What is new ...

In Italian maritime traditions Then, the whale was seen as a symbol of strength, luck and protection. Wish someone to finish “in the ass at the whale” could mean wanting that he was in a Safe and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in ...

Near Międzyzdroje, Poland, responders worked from an inflatable boat to cut away fishing nets from a 32-foot humpback whale, which then calmly swam to safety. In South Africa, a young humpback ...

A dead minke whale has been removed from Portstewart Strand in County Londonderry. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) said the whale washed up on the beach on ...