The Rev. Joseph Mohr wrote the words to the hymn as a reflection on peace after a summer of violence in Salzburg.

Miracles surround us; burning bushes keep revealing the Lord’s work. But we need to stop and notice.

The spirit of Pope Francis will remain in the Baltic states for a long time to come.

Pope Francis ends his official visit to Vilnius on Sunday evening at the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, housed in the former headquarters of the K.G.B.

Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to help mark their centennial of independence from czarist Russia.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were shot by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, while riding in a limousine through Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.

Teilhard’s Six Propositions were locked away until 2007 when they were discovered in the Jesuit archives in Rome.

Juzefa Maciokiene recalls her ministry to her fellow prisoners 50 years ago, when she served them—to use her word and theirs—as their priest.

Super Bowl week is the holiest of sports weeks, and the Sunday game the holiest of Sabbaths.

As coverage of Hurricane Irma grew, I was transported back to family trips down to Florida.