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Organist Charles Miller Jr. Pounds Church Organ During Obama's Mother Emanuel Eulogy

Barack Obama's eulogy for the late Rev. Clementa Pinckney may have been gifted a powerful punctuation, that is when Charles Miller Jr. pounded on his church organ at the perfect moment to help solidify a touching moment amid a great tragedy.
  • WATCH: Bendectine Monks of Norcia Chant Five Hours a Day, Then Brew Trappist Beer

    According to Fr. Cassian Folsom, prior of the Benedictine monks of Norcia, "the monastic life is very plain and ordinary." Maybe that's why Folsom and his community there in northern Italy enjoy not only making hit records that best the likes of Taylor Swift, they also love brewing their own beer. Ensconced in the monastery, life for the Monks of Norcia is routine: "You get up, and you pray. You do your work, go to bed and then, the next day, you do the same," says Folsom.
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky, World-Renowned Baritone, Diagnosed with Brain Tumor

    The beloved Russian baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, has revealed that he has had to cancel all engagements through the end of August to undergo treatment for a brain tumor. The announcement was posted Wednesday on his website.
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