St. Paul VI enjoyed the summer holidays and encouraged others to take up activities that refreshed their mind and soul.
While many of us spend time away from home during the summer, we still tend to bring with us all the causes of our anxiety.
The welcome of the stranger has a long history. Christianity didn’t invent it—but it changed it in ways still felt every time someone opens a door.
He borrowed a friend’s country villa, brought his mother and his students, and spent the time arguing about happiness. A model for any summer retreat.
The children were playing in the rock pools when their father started what would become the most widely read work of fiction of the 20th century.
Fifteen centuries before the smartphone, the monks of Egypt named a spiritual illness that strikes hardest in summer heat. Their diagnosis is uncomfortably accurate.
This Independence Day, perhaps the greatest freedom isn't standing alone, but learning whom we can lean on.
Not only the holiday but the exact date marked 350 years since the baptism of one of the earliest saints of the Americas.
CNN's Anderson Cooper is normally known for his silly antics on New Year's Eve. But this year, he had an emotional message about grief.
As the year comes to an end, the best way to close it out is with a positive attitude toward the things that caused us stress and anxiety throughout the year.
The president announced on December 18 that federal workers would get Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas off from work this year.
St. Francis of Assisi's feast day, celebrated each year on October 4, is likely to once again become an official government holiday in Italy.
Here’s how to turn a weekend (or a week) at home into a fun, grounded, and sneakily spiritual reset.
As you prepare for your next trip, consider starting with the suitcase. Leave space in it — not just for souvenirs, but for grace.
Scattered across July and August are feast days for saints who lived extraordinary, often unexpected lives — some hidden, some strange, all rooted in grace.
It’s tempting to feel guilty about dropping the ball when life gets warm and unstructured. But that guilt might be misplaced.
The German pontiff believed taking a vacation in nature can help reset a person's spiritual life and reconnect them with God.
