In a vibrant collection of “essays on the future that never was,” Colette Shade takes a cold look at the cheery promise of ...

Among J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published Lord of the Rings books is The Silmarillion, a lengthy textbook that covers all ...

PBS host Kathy McCabe provides tips and restaurant suggestions for visitors to Rome during the Jubilee of 2025 and suggests ...

Gallant is the genius absurdist of the 20th century. Conditions were overripe for absurdism. Born in Montreal, Gallant was ...

Italy expects 35 million pilgrims to visit Rome during the Catholic Church’s current “Holy Year” or “Jubilee” that runs through January 6, 2026. In modern times, Holy Years usually occur in 25-year ...

In A Whole Life in Twelve Movies, authors Kathleen Norris and Gareth Higgins seed fruitful conversation and fulfill the human ...

Papal drama Conclave is an adaptation of a 2016 novel by British writer Robert Harris. While the Ralph Fiennes-led chamber ...

Originally, they were observed every 50 years following the Jewish custom. Later, the interval was shortened to every 25 years, and additionally, "extraordinary" jubilees were proclaimed. Many will ...

BRAINTREE -- Archbishop Richard Henning formally initiated the Jubilee Year of 2025 in the Archdiocese of Boston with an opening Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Dec. 29, the ...

Making resolutions is easy. Making them stick? Not so much. That’s why we’ve combed through the newest self-help books to bring you the 12 most useful published now through April. We’ve found advice ...

Our current decade has brought in some great recent reads — see our picks here Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms.