The country of Zambia, in southeastern Africa, is twenty-eight times the size of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in area.

All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten ... and Judy Norton was my teacher. Last week, after attending Mass with ...

Because of its universal character and outlook, the Catholic Church can be a driving force for building communion between the ...

The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. The Jewish feast ...

Most people understand that bars with live music often have a cover charge or a two-drink minimum. But when it comes to ...

Every time Father Bill Joy visited a new country with Catholic Relief Services, the locals always wanted to know two things: If he knew the pope, and if he knew Michael Jordan. Father Jo ...

I've returned to Los Angeles. My knees are still sore -- possibly more from the long flights than from walking. I'm not entirely at rest, but the house is quiet. The dog -- more of a silent pr ...

The Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago recognized that Christian unity had to be based on a common faith and should be ...

As headlines in major U.S. publications on May 8 blared that the first pope from the U.S. had been elected, newspapers in Peru, where he is a citizen, begged to differ.

Years ago, a baby elephant was born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Since I lived within walking distance of this newborn ...

Last Monday, June 2, marked the 150th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of James Augustine Healy as the second Bishop of Portland, Maine. James Augustine Healy was born into slavery in Jones ...

Opponents of physician-assisted suicide legislation in Illinois are breathing a sigh of relief, but not for long because they ...