If only our politicians had a hint of charisma.

Last weekend we had the summer solstice, the longest day of the year with the light of day lasting until late in the evening. The solstice is one of the most underrated days of the year. There’s very ...

COMMENTARY: Catholic institutions of higher learning can lead the reform of college and university life.

Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state, covering only a total of 1,214 square miles. As a result, it's smaller than some of the most scenic national parks in the country! Still, Rhode Island is big ...

Puritan minister Cotton Mather wrote about the measles epidemic in the colonies. He lost his wife, maid and 3 of his 9 children over 6 weeks.

An ordained Puritan minister, Chapin was my ninth great-grandfather — a colonial transplant, born in England in 1598, who arrived in Boston as a 20-something, then headed west.

Christian nationalism was a flop when the Puritans tried it. See this famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture for information.

Spoiler - he's a Puritan minister. BOUDREAU: With Hawthorne's Arthur Dimmesdale, he preaches in an almost Pentecostal tongue, passionate in his preaching.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel, the Puritan minister’s smoldering eyes and self-scourging sermons electrify his female parishioners, including the married needlewoman Hester Prynne, whose ...

While early Connecticut had various towns founded by different people, the establishment of Connecticut is credited to Thomas Hooker, the Puritan minister who founded Hartford. Known as "the father of ...

After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and, more ominously, with King Charles I and Bishop of London – later Archbishop of Canterbury – William Laud.

After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and, more ominously, with King Charles I and Bishop of London – later Archbishop of Canterbury – William Laud.