Author and journalist Héctor Tobar has participated in the L.A. Times Festival of Books since 1999. This year, he’ll be part ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

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When our waking thoughts get transmuted into dreams, what do we learn?

The most effective self-care ritual someone can try is quite deliberate introspection. Taking the time to get away and ...

Ahead of the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, nominated directors Peter Kosminsky and Molly Manners reflect on their respective work ...

In May, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Safekeep,” Yael van der Wouden’s novel about a woman wrapped up ...

The Book of Leviticus (Sefer Vayikra), whose very name (“God called to Moses”) underscoring the Torah’s call to be in ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The story is, of course, a familiar one; yet in her new book, Hallie Rubenhold makes it exciting all the same, said Dominic ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

Yiorgo: With us today is Father John Manuel from Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Father ...