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Dorothy Day once told me, “When they call you a saint it means that you are not to be taken seriously.” Yet she took saints ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered five charred loaves of bread dating back over 1,200 years, each bearing the image of ...

Remember playtime outside with friends after school, but at dusk you headed home? What if the sense of ‘running home’ changed once we reach adulthood?

When a religious sister felt inspired to write a Catholic vampire trilogy, she knew the inspiration came from Jesus — but she ...

This Sunday is a time to commemorate all the faithful departed, to remember prayerfully God’s benevolent mercy, and to recall Christ who is the light of the world, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior.

Karen Kistler [email protected] SALISBURY — Faith, Family and Fight for Life was the theme for the 39th annual Life Choices Rowan Gala.  Life Choices Rowan offers pregnancy medical ...

Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Nwman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint's famous hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," and holding him up as a model for educators.

For decades, coal has been a divisive subject in the Navajo Nation, which spans portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

He went from recording TikToks in his shed to winning the nation's hearts at Eurovision. But his Christianity has helped him ...

Judith Ann Martin Delcomte, 80 years young, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Oct. 25, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on July 28, 1945, in Livingston, Mont.

The Rev. Dennis Zehren was new to Annunciation Church and School and leading his first morning Mass to mark the first week of school when gunshots came crashing into the ...