Although Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic church, this service -- which initiates the liturgical season of Lent -- is well-attended, according to Monsignor R. Mark ...

In the early half of the 20th century, beginning in 1917, Mexico’s government began persecuting Catholics. A new constitution outlawed Catholic teaching, banned religious orders, and claimed all ...

It was Ash Wednesday. Poplavskaya spent the whole day with a young Catholic priest, Father Kirill Bardonov, from a small town. She was about to finish gathering material when the preacher insisted ...

The town of Taybeh is the last entirely Christian town in the occupied West Bank, representing “a unique presence in the ...

Food Bank of Northern Indiana Mobile Food Distributions for July 2025   Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – Elkhart County – Produce Distribution 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST *While supplies last. Where: Northside ...

The following is a list of community events happening in and around the area. If you have an event you would like posted on the calendar, or if any information needs to be updated, contact cathie.crew ...

New exhibit at Richmond's Black History Museum celebrates 140 years of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, one of the South's ...

Rex Jenkins, 5, of Omaha, wears ash on his forehead on Ash Wednesday in a drive thru-style service at Countryside Community Church.

When I first birthed a baby without drugs, I was convinced I was dying. Pain climbed in waves, contractions piling on top of each other so quickly I could barely breathe. "I can't do this," I wailed ...

Catholic faith gains popularity as Father Tidd explains Delbarton School's approach of proposing faith connects with young men seeking meaning amid loneliness.

Amid ash and loss, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage brings hope to the streets once consumed by flames.

Alameda Church of Christ ...