There is a terrific story from the life of St. Francis of Assisi about one of his first disciples, a fellow called Brother Juniper. One day, Juniper goes into the woods, where a herd of pigs is ...

More than 600 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but cultural fascination. Over the summer, we’ve witnessed Chappell Roan’s armor ...

The composer had grand hopes that “The Maid of Orleans,” with its battle scenes, rousing choruses and fiery finale, would be the making of him. It didn’t work out that way.

The world-famous Globe Threatre, once home to playwright William Shakespeare, has announced a production about Joan of Arc in which the young, female saint is "non-binary" and "queer." "I, Joan," a ...

Every year, on the evening of Jan. 6, members of the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc gather at the gilded Decatur Street statue of the French warrior-saint who's their namesake to begin their mounted Medieval ...

A debate is raging online after a British theater venue announced an upcoming play about Joan of Arc would feature a non-binary person in the lead role. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London announced ...

Some of our city’s most beautiful statues are dedicated to iconic women from the pages of history. Eleanor Roosevelt, Irish immigrant Annie Moore, and Harriet Tubman are among the few real-life women ...

Someone needs to get Chappell Roan on the phone ASAP. What did she know, and when did she know it? Just six days ago, the ascendant star charged onto the VMA stage in full Joan of Arc regalia for a ...

While locals celebrated the opening of a paved highway from Victorville to the summit of the Cajon Pass in 1922, a group of parishioners were grateful for the beginning of a new Catholic church. St.