It was whilst searching for something else online that I came across the news that the Coptic Church elected its new Pope  Tawadros II in C...

Today's feast of the nineteenth century Maronite monk  St Shabel Makhluf   is a reminder to us, if we need it, to keep in our prayers, ...

Today is the feast of St Antony, often described as the patriarch of monks. Born in Lower Egypt in 251 he died in 356, witnessing the pers...