Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs. The martyrs are drawn from every continent and many Christian ...

And the odd thing is it fails.... The net effect of this is that a new cult of the martyrs appears in Christianity ... which today is modern Izmir in Turkey, and at a very old age he was brought ...

The square is believed to be at the site where St. Peter and other first Christian martyrs of Rome were killed under the order of Emperor Nero. A plaque in the pavement marks the spot where St ...

To the incurious Westerner, the name of Gandhi calls up the picture of a saint ... on all men's lips of his saintliness. In the West the man who is acclaimed a hero in his lifetime is generally ...

September 4, 2024 • The Rolling Stone: The Modern West is re-sharing our ranching series The Great Individualist. This time, we explore our deep abiding love for the cowboy. "If you get out ...

I travelled to Israel to try and work out what October 7 had meant as the first anniversary approached. The massacres ...

Among the images—presented below—are some more extraordinary rock formations and even some “space litter.” 1. The balanced rock and the ‘snake head’ NASA's Mars Perseverance rover ...

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Barring a perfect 6-0 record this week, the Chicago White Sox will set the modern record for losses in ... Same with the AL West and the Houston Astros during their hard-tanking years from 2011-13.

September 4, 2024 • The Rolling Stone: The Modern West is re-sharing our ranching series The Great Individualist. This time, we explore our deep abiding love for the cowboy. "If you get out ...