A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the ...

ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: In the brutal winter of 1954, with homeless people freezing to death, French priest Abbe Pierre shook the nation's conscience with a radio appeal. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

Dozens of people have made accusations of sexual abuse against the French monk ... the Abbe Pierre Foundation, which the priest established in 1987 to combat inadequate housing, changed its ...

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has this report from Paris. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: In the brutal winter of 1954, with homeless people freezing to death, French priest Abbe Pierre shook the nation's ...