Father Giuseppe Pagano is furious. The 65-year-old Augustinian friar and his three fellow monks, who have dedicated their lives to silent prayer inside Florence’s Santo Spirito monastery, are ...

Seeking guidance, he visits a woman in a town who shows him clocks and carved figures ... and traditional wood carving practices. The story ends on a warm note as the boy milks a goat, shares ...

Panama City has always been a meeting point. Strategically perched between North and South America, with the Atlantic and Pacific on either side, the city has, for centuries, welcomed waves of ...