COMMENTARY: The Ascension is crucial in the Catholic Church’s response to the crisis of our time, which is the crisis in the very idea of the human person.

The empty tomb In the reading from John’s Gospel for this Easter Sunday we are told that Mary Magdalene “came to the tomb early, while it was still dark…” (Jn. 20:1).

Stations of the ResurrectionStations of the Resurrection Introduction All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. O sons and daughters, let us sing! The King of heaven the glorious King, Over death today ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday being celebrated as public holidays. The ...

Political outrage has risen to astronomical ... or boa constrictor. (He was working at Regal Reptiles through his school’s ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin unveiled and blessed the bronze statue of Saint Oliver Plunkett in Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, to honour all martyrs for the faith. The statue had been sculptured by ...

The Western artifacts section connects shoppers to Texas’s frontier past in tangible ways. Genuine cowboy gear – from worn leather chaps to spurs that once jangled across wooden boardwalks – offers ...

With the election of Leo XIV, we may soon hear where St. Peter’s new successor stands on the question of the death penalty.

The U-13 Community Games chess team is made up of six local children from three local schools: Cloonakilla NS; Cornafulla NS; ...

One of the things that keeps many of us from fully preaching the Kingdom is that we are encumbered by so many things and so many activities. The Lord tells us to travel lightly, for then we shall be ...

Evangelizers know that the reign of God they announce is real. They've experienced it in communion with God and others. They ...

Hollywood icon Mel Gibson is reportedly in Greece for a spiritual retreat before filming begins for "The Resurrection of ...