There is a terrific story from the life of St. Francis of Assisi about one of his first disciples, a fellow called Brother Juniper. One day, Juniper goes into the woods, where a herd of pigs is ...

“I like Joan of Arc best of all my books, and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of ...

Even before the production debuted, it had inflamed a rancorous debate about sex and gender that plays out almost daily in Britain. By Alex Marshall LONDON — When the playwright Charlie Josephine ...

While secular art projects around the saint are flourishing in the U.S., it is worth remembering that nothing in her work can be explained without God. St. Joan of Arc is depicted on horseback in an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Breaking! A Joan of Arc movie, titled Jehanne d’Arc, is on the way, and it’s coming from, drumroll please, Baz Luhrmann. Honestly, ...

You might think that marching through the French Quarter with a couple dozen Flaming Heretics would keep you warm. But you’d be wrong. It was 41 degrees at the start of the Joan of Arc parade Monday ...

The 18th Annual Joan of Arc Parade marches on Joan of Arc’s 614th birthday on January 6, 2026, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the French Quarter, and will feature more participants than ever, a new route, a ...

The sixth of January is the birthday of New Orleans’ favorite teenage medieval warrior, Joan of Arc. That’s her, on Decatur Street in her golden armor, atop her golden horse, proudly repping the ...

(CNN) — More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but cultural fascination. Over the summer, we’ve witnessed Chappell Roan ...

Some of our city’s most beautiful statues are dedicated to iconic women from the pages of history. Eleanor Roosevelt, Irish immigrant Annie Moore, and Harriet Tubman are among the few real-life women ...

In her new novel, Katherine Chen puts a fresh spin on the oft-examined life of the girl who saved France. By Jess Walter When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...