The definition of desolation is notoriously slippery,” Father James Martin writes. “It is not simply a period of dryness in ...

In her new novel, Ivonne Lamazares explores grief, belonging, and the immigrant experience through the eyes of a teenage girl in 1990s Havana, Cuba.

Saint Markella of Chios, commemorated every year on July 22, remains an enduring beacon of purity, courage, and steadfast ...