Today, we are offering a special votive Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith. This title, Our Lady of the Pillar, is one of the oldest known and approved devotions of the Blessed ...

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Sunday, Dec. 18, is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24. We tend to sentimentalize the Christmas story as we think of the ...

The Vatican has closed the door for now on ordaining women deacons, but this does not diminish the leadership roles women can occupy within the Catholic Church. Instead, we are called to redefine the ...

Mary Higgins Clark, author of 40 suspense novels, four short story collections, two children’s books, a historical novel and a memoir, is pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Mary ...

Each night, 70-year-old Mary Nolan opens what she calls her 'sanity book', to sum up the day she’s had and to set the scene for the day ahead. Nothing prepared me for Chris, to see him so helpless.