On Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, celebrated a ...

Vijayawada: Festive fervor and devotion marked the first day of the 101st Lurtha Matha festival as thousands of devotees ...

Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

The Pope noted how Mary and Joseph were 'deeply moved and astonished' as Simeon identified Jesus through these three ...

There is something about the mother-child bond that holds even after death. This fact makes it easier to consider all the ...

Last week, the gospel in Luke 2:22-40 was read and heard by many. The story was about the presentation of the Baby Jesus at ...

Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...

Drawing from the Gospel of Luke (2:22-40), which recounts Mary and Joseph bringing the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, Pope Francis focused his catechesis on three significant aspects of ...

Malone Nashon Lynn is accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage to the Moses Fleetwood nutcracker, which had a broken arm and a damaged baseball bat.

"8 "It is only natural that the Church rejoice as one contemplates the modest home of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We read in the hymn from Matins on the feast of the Holy Family: ‘It is pleasing to ...

St. Joseph is the perfect model of listening to the Lord and quietly putting his word and plan into action, Pope Francis said ...