We consume some of our foodstuffs raw and others by cooking. While the foods that are eaten raw should be washed and consumed very well, the correct cooking of the

Source: Pixabay On a hill at the northern edge of Mexico City stands the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most visited Catholic shrine in the Americas and one

Source: Pixabay Rising from a green Umbrian hillside in central Italy, the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved churches in the Christian world. Built

Source: Pixabay In the hill town of Nazareth, in the Galilee region of northern Israel, stands the largest church in the Middle East: the Basilica of the Annunciation. For Christians

Source: Pixabay In the hill town of Loreto, in Italy’s Marche region near the Adriatic coast, stands one of the most important Marian shrines in the Catholic world. The Basilica

There is a French phrase that carries within it both a golden glow and a deep sadness: la Belle Époque, “the Beautiful Era.” It refers to the decades just before

An unemployed man applied to Microsoft for a janitor’s job. After a short interview and a practical test — cleaning a floor — the Human Resources officer told him: “You’re

In the summer of 1348 a ship put in at the little Dorset port of Melcombe, near modern Weymouth, and something stepped ashore with the sailors that would kill perhaps

When Bobby Fischer was preparing for his world-championship chess match against Boris Spassky, his daily training routine included a stretch of swimming underwater every day. He knew that as chess

A mound in central Bulgaria records over 3,000 years of continuous village life, and gives its name to the chronology of the Balkans.