In his first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis said faith in Jesus Christ helps one to joyfully live life 'on wings ...

During his 12 years as pontiff, Pope Francis published numerous texts that left a mark on the world with their universal and ...

The Hindu on Books newsletter Remembering a people’s Pope, controversy over Dulat book, Earth Day reads and more ...

My encounter with Spanish-Latin American poetry began entirely by chance. In 1959, I was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and literature at Peking University (PKU) but was redirected ...

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

Firmly established as an icon to British youth, the Londoner discusses his upcoming fourth album, masculinity in the wake of ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on April 21, 2025-Easter Monday-at 88 from a cerebral stroke. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a ...

No. 17: ‘Let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God!’ ...

Catholic Churches held services in honor of Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from Latin America. Many praised his efforts to steer the church in a more inclusive direction. Father ...

The expression comes from the famous scene in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which the eponymous seafarer shoots and kills an albatross—a sign of good luck or providence ...

I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges Voltaire Voltaire wasn t far from the truth when he made this remark about Indic wisdom becoming accessible through the ...

Hagiographers have been uncomfortable with his Latin poetry: saints are not supposed to be interested in the female pelvic region, yet More could snigger (in Latin, of course) ‘So, young lady, who ...