If New York City’s public school system could educate a child for what it costs to educate a child in one of New York’s Catholic schools, the city would be spending about $6.5 billion less on its ...

Lately when Oak Forest resident Carol Herrera drives to the Catholic Charities drive-thru food pantry, east of downtown, she is greeted by a line of waiting cars. “The need has increased,” Herrera ...

If the Catholic faithful sometimes seem torn over acceptance for and dialogue with their gay brothers and sisters, well, small wonder: The church seems to be of two minds. On one hand, the church ...

The most profound bit of wisdom I received during my four years at Boston College was in a speech delivered by Fr. Tony Penna, in which he emphasized the importance of doing small tasks greatly. In ...

In his recent book Worship as Community Drama, sociologist Pierre Hegy described an unusual Catholic parish whose identity he hid under the name Church of the Resurrection. When the book was published ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Central Catholic’s Emme Hurie has accomplished a lot in high school. She just wishes the days didn’t go by so quickly. “All the years have meshed together,” Hurie said.

Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal vicar for Rome, stands next to Pope Francis as the newly elected pontiff appears for the first time on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican ...

As the padlock was secured on the door to the church after its final service in December, Barb Burke realized there would be no more memories made inside its walls. There were so many dear ones that ...

Catholic school teachers awaken greatness in their students every day. They do this by following the example of the greatest teacher of all, Jesus. Jesus expected a lot from his followers because he ...

A number of commentators were in a tizzy last week about the Occupy Wall Street groups teaming up with labor unions and leftist organizations to demonstrate on May First. Proof, they contended, that ...