The Hymn of Cassiani (with audio) What made Theophilus say this to his prospective bride? Was he testing her humility? Was he testing her intellect? Was it he thrown too far off balance by Cassiani’s ...

From inside the walls of Rome’s largest prison, Christmas hymns rang out as inmates and prison guards together sang “Silent Night” and exchanged the sign of peace during an intimate Mass led by Pope ...

The Holy Thursday Mass had taken place at the jail ... Another, in glasses, bowed to the altar before sitting down. As hymns and music played over an almost-pocket-size speaker at the back of ...