In the midst of the Vatican sexual abuse scandal in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a speech in which he referred to the visions of a medieval mystic, in whose eyes “the face of the church is ...

(RNS) — In my parish we celebrate vespers for all four of the women who have been named doctors of the church: Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena, Thérèse of Lisieux and Hildegard of Bingen. While ...

Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age Fiona Maddocks Headline £15.99, pp332 Buy it at a discount at BOL The 12th century anchorite Hildegard of Bingen possessed a clutch of talents which would ...

In this fascinating piece from our sister publication Bust, noted historian Dr. Eleanor Janega peels back the habit on one of the Middle Ages’ most fascinating figures: Hildegard of Bingen. A ...

When I first read about St. Hildegard of Bingen, the most recently named female Doctor of the Church, I felt almost as if I had slipped into a fairy tale. Her very name evokes poetry, and her life ...

Last May, Pope Benedict XVI canonised St Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and earlier this month he declared her to be a doctor of the Church. Who was Hildegard, when did she live, what role did she ...

Hildegard of Bingen, “one of the few prominent woman in medieval church,” was declared saint by Pope Benedict XVI on May 10, 2012, in equipolente, or equivalent canonization. The pope signed a decree ...

Photo (excerpt) by Ralph Hammann via Wikimedia Commons; licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 St. Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th-century German nun, but she was also a writer, composer of chants, mystic, and ...

The shape of the solo voice at the beginning. It soars upwards in leaps before moving in a step wise motion. Can you hear where the solo voice moves either in leaps or steps? When the other voices ...

On the 10th anniversary of her canonisation, Voice offer an exclusive track, and explore what the medieval composer's music means to them We formed Voice in 2006 for the love of singing together and ...