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ON May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Saint Elizabeth and last day of the month ...

First of two parts The specific contribution that St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus offers as a saint and a Doctor of the Church “is not analytical and scholarly.” It is more synthetic, “for her genius ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has donated mattresses to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to support flood victims in Ketu South. The Church donated 900 student ...

A woman has recounted her extraordinary experience of visiting heaven and hell after she clinically died for 11 minutes.

Archaeologists believe they have identified the house where the Last Supper took place in Jerusalem - and the two-story ...

God originated light when he spoke and said, “Let there be light” in Genesis 1:3. He did that because He knew that the world ...

Discussing the experience with death, Charlotte revealed that she felt like she was "above her body" and could see doctors ...

Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met with the prime minister of the Republic of the Congo as part of ...

No matter how many distractions we have, we are always invited to put our eyes back on Jesus through gentle nudges. His love ...