The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in 1621, nearly a year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1789, George Washington became the first of many ...
A cartoon showed a turkey and a fortune teller hovering over the crystal ball. The fortune teller said, “I see you surrounded ...
Lee Edwards is the distinguished fellow in conservative thought at The Heritage Foundation's B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards ...
Sunday, Oct. 9, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19. The question at the heart of today’s Gospel is best ...
Sending thanks to God is a daunting task, both because we have so much for which we must give thanks and also because addressing the envelope is a bit of a problem. The first idea mankind developed ...
As seen on "Fox & Friends" on Fox News Channel, Thursday, November 25. There’s not a more hopeful time of the year in the most thankful nation in the world than the fourth Thursday in November. In one ...
From the editors: This Thanksgiving, we recall President John F. Kennedy's final Thanksgiving proclamation — delivered just weeks before his assassination in Dallas 57 years ago. Over three centuries ...
Can we somehow see each other, across all those dividing lines, as fellow members of God’s family? Can we recognize how much we need each other — all of us?
VATICAN CITY — Nearly two centuries ago, John Henry Newman was England’s most well-known Anglican priest, until he risked everything to become a Catholic. Today he has become a saint. As Pope Francis ...
The eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see it as the priest's prayer that is centered on the consecration of the bread and wine ...
If they like their necks, they can keep them: The president only pardoned Popcorn (r.), but both National Turkey finalists will live. Getty The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in ...