Cardinals, bishops and priests renew their vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience with Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 9, 1998. AP Photo/Plinio Lepri | By Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University -- Priestly celibacy, or rather [...]

By Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross-- On Monday, Jan. 2, Shaker Sister Frances Carr died at the age of 89. She had been a Shaker for almost 80 years and passed away at the Shaker community at Sabbathday [...]

By Dorothy Le-- In 1219, a young and impoverished Christian monk sets out from Italy in the midst of the bloody Fifth Crusade, to cross enemy lines in hopes to speak with the Muslim Sultan of Egypt in order to end [...]

By Diane Winston, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism-- On the morning of Feb. 2, 2017, more than 3,500 political leaders, military chiefs and corporate moguls met for eggs, sausage, muffins – and prayer. The Washington, D.C. [...]

By Dorothy Le -- For centuries, wars have torn millions of lives apart. While wars and divisions will continue on as they’ve always done, many are stepping up to not only inject more topics of peace into global conversations, but they [...]