Set in 1211 Italy, playwright Chiara Atik tells the story of St Clare of Assisi, founder of the Order of Poor Ladies (later called The Poor Clares), who renounced her family’s wealth and status and ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor ...

Blanche McIntyre’s production plays up to the wit of Atik’s writing and features a poised and confident stage debut from Arsema Thomas, whose “super-cute” Valley Girl Clare is slowly radicalised. But ...

Riding in a gray Volkswagen sedan, the pope first went to the local headquarters of the Carabinieri, a branch of the Italian ...

As part of his summer break, Pope Leo XIV visited members of the Italian Carabinieri in Castel Gandolfo and the Poor Clares ...

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Liz Kettle, who plays Peppa, one of Clare’s servants. We discussed how she went ...

By Devin Watkins As he continued his summer holidays in Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV presided at Mass in the ...

Remembering the anniversary of the proclamation of the Virgo Fidelis – Faithful Virgin – as the patroness of the Italian ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged encounter and unity in a message to the players and spectators of a soccer game to support sick and injured children from war zones.

New casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical as it prepares ...

These nuns may be in their 80s, but they are still fighting for social justice – with a new generation of leadership at their ...

Mr Cahir’s farm had 100 cattle and 200 sheep and, recalling the conditions he came across on his first visit, Mr O’Connor ...