A Roman Catholic organization in California that is devoted to serving the poor has filed for bankruptcy as it faces nearly 100 lawsuits related to sex abuse claims stretching as far back as the 1940s ...
CLEVELAND — The newest restaurant at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland celebrates monastic cuisine while aiming to serve the community, provide workforce training, and bring people together.
LONDON, England — In an area of London that attracts few tourists, even at the best of times, there is a place called Friar Benet’s Kitchen. It’s not, as you might expect, a restaurant with a sign ...
This will be a pivotal summer for the comedy world’s most famous private club, and its members don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Needing cash, facing declining membership, and reeling from a ...
On a tour last April through his Communist-riddled archdiocese of “Red” Emilia—a place where village churches are all but deserted and the dead are marched to the cemeteries behind the Red ...
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — The newest member of St. Francis Monastery in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is furry and has four legs. His name is Friar Carmelo, but they’ve nicknamed him Friar Bigotón (Spanish for ...
Larry King honored by the Friars Club in Beverly Hills in 2019. Getty Images for the Friars Club Without justification, it appears to be open season on the legendary Friars Club, a New York City ...
Simone Martini, “Christ on the Cross,” detail (1340); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (photo Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic) Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, an examination of Siena’s ...