I think non-Christians can be given a little slack for being a bit incredulous about the dogmatic claims of Christmas.

We radiate the life of Jesus to the world to the extent that we live with the conviction that we are divinely loved. Advent calls us beyond the false security of the merely virtuous person and into ...

People working at a kiosk on the first floor of Mall of America in Bloomington are selling merchandise and tickets to Vatican Unveiled, a Jan. 10 to Feb. 1 exhibit that will feature the largest ...

"Someone lost a boot!" As the story begins, my dad starts laughing. Every year he loves to retell the tale of the December we got a 16-foot tree to stuff in our house. One of us wound up crying ...

Catholic bishops in Illinois offered their support to a lawsuit from pro-life pregnancy centers that say a Prairie State law requiring those centers to refer women for abortions violates their First ...

Cartoon characters can devolve into dullards over time. But some are more enduringly appealing than others, as the adventure "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants" (Paramount) proves.

“The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree are signs of faith and hope,” he said to all those present. “Let the tenderness of the child Jesus illuminate our lives. Let God’s love, like the branches of ...

Gizella “Gizzy” Miko’s first inkling that she might be elected as the English-speaking promoter of the global Parish Evangelization Cells System (PECS) came as she joined 14 other leaders of PECS in ...

Condemning the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney, Pope Leo XIV said, "Enough with these forms of antisemitic violence! We must eradicate hatred from our hearts." ...

Even in difficult situations and harsh places, like prisons, when people focus on caring for one another, respecting each other and offering forgiveness, "beautiful flowers spring forth from the 'hard ...

When the tragic shooting at Annunciation church in Minneapolis took place the morning of Aug. 27 during a Mass for children at the school, it didn’t take long for the Catholic Community Foundation of ...

Across the street from the B.H. Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities, people gathered with paintings of Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day, Dec.