It’s a modern solution to an age-old issue. Monasteries are turning to Etsy-style e-commerce and renovating their convents to appeal to the Airbnb crowd.

Brigid of Kildare conjures this foggy vision. Many details about her life are either unknown or are speculative at best. It’s hard to know how much of her story reflects the 5th-century Christian ...

The Rev. Paolo Venturelli never gets too close when he visits Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” The Dominican friar prefers to stand away from the wall where it was painted, on the opposite side ...