We will soon be in the ‘teeth of Christmas’! A strange local phrase, that! It is used to explain how near we getting to compulsory merriment ...

We will soon be in the ‘teeth of Christmas’! A strange local phrase, that! It is used to explain how near we getting to ...

Sister Grace Miller, an iconoclastic advocate for Rochester’s poor and founder of the House of Mercy homeless shelter, died ...

Christmas may be a global celebration, but the ways different cultures honor this beloved holiday reveal the beautiful ...

Admirers of Ruth Pakaluk, a former atheist and Catholic convert, say that while many of her pursuits might have seemed ...

The echoes of Christmas carols, shimmering lights, and ancient rituals transform the Vatican into a center of faith and ...

CrossPoint Church: 214 S. Court St. — The church’s annual Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing initiative is taking donations through Nov. 23. The operation seeks to provide gifts to ...

Pope Francis used his Christmas message on Monday to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked regional tensions with ...

A view of Alligator Alcatraz from the airplane runway in Ochopee, Florida on Friday, July 25, 2025. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ [email protected] After weeks of negotiations to hold religious services at ...

For the first time, the Catholic Church has an American-born pope, Leo XIV. In a recent article about the pope, he mentions serving and attending the 6:30 a.m. daily Mass. His memory triggered my ...

LONDON (RNS) — King Henry VIII and his iconoclast-in-chief, Thomas Cromwell, would be stunned: Nearly 500 years after the English Reformation, Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Protestant ...

This chapter exclusively explores views and experiences among U.S. Catholics (i.e., the 20% of U.S. adults who say they are Catholic when asked about their present religion). Many Americans who are ...