I gaze upon the crucifix at Holy Mass, contemplating the image of Christ’s broken body, poured out for the Church, as he is truly present — his body, blood, soul and divinity — on the altar. A sense ...

When 18-year-old Corita Kent entered the Immaculate Heart of Mary women’s religious order in Los Angeles in 1936, she likely never imagined the career that awaited her. Despite her formation in a ...

At traditional Jewish weddings the veiling is assumed by the groom, or by some authority like the officiating rabbi. But what is remarkable in this week’s parsha is that the original veiling was ...

It sounds like a simple question: "Why do some Muslim women wear a veil?" But the answer is anything but straight forward. To some, the veil a symbol of religious observance. To others it has cultural ...

While there is no direct requirement to veil in any Islamic religious texts, many Muslim women choose to do so and in a variety of ways that have nuanced meanings, which Amer, a University of Sydney ...