This is the real home of St. Nicholas—and it’s not the North Pole

A coastal drive from Dalaman to Antalya leads through Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, buried basilicas, and ongoing ...
Artnet

How Did a Third-Century Catholic Saint Become a Gay Icon? Here’s the Homoerotic History of Saint Sebastian

How did a third-century Catholic saint become a contemporary gay icon referenced on everything from the covers of men’s magazines to art and films and an adopted pseudonym by Oscar Wilde? Such is the ...
National Catholic Reporter

Why is Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecology?

Welcome to Burning Questions, the EarthBeat feature that takes on those questions smoldering in your mind about climate change and religion — from the basics to more complex, and everything in between ...