Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, as saints through ...

AS railway carriages go, Car 2419-D puts all present-day commuter wagons to shame. It’s a lavish affair, with long teak writing desks, vintage lamps and sumptuous wood panelling. And it’s also where ...

The film’s death scene is enhanced by the glorious singing of the opera singers who play the nuns — but the glories of the life to come belong to these martyrs, who were willing to die for their Lord, ...

Under grey clouds and persistent drizzle, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, and Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, clasped hands at a solemn ceremony at Compiègne as they marked the centenary of ...

COMPIEGNE, France — Adolf Hitler went in wartime for revenge. Angela Merkel plans a pilgrimage in the name of peace. Two German chancellors, with opposite aims and the same destination: a train car in ...