Commercially speaking, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. But celebrating it does not have to be confined to a single day of the year. Every day can be Mother’s Day if we honor ...

A portion of Hans Memling, "Virgin and Child With Sts. Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara," early 1480s, oil on wood (The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, New York) Images of the Madonna and ...

Have you ever searched for three days for your car keys? Or your wallet? Have you ever tried to get reservations somewhere that was completely booked? It’s stressful. Yet, it’s nothing compared to ...

Overlooking the courtyard at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict recited the Angelus with those present for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Pontiff ...

The closing of so many Catholic churches in the Baltimore area, where I lived for 60 years, and the turning of the calendar to May triggers memories of my childhood when Catholic families were ...

Editor's Note: If you are looking for Bishop Thomas Gumbleton's homily for the third Sunday of Advent, please follow this link: Third Sunday of Advent. Dr. Estes column begins below: We have, too ...

Mother Teresa will be made a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said Friday. It is likely she will be canonized in September to coincide with the 19th anniversary of her death. “I am ...

Activists hold what they have called an 'alternative Flores de Mayo' on May 26 in Manila to dramatize their call for justice and peace. Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "Flowers of May") is one of the May ...

In 1986, Mother Teresa came to Lafayette. Mother Teresa filled the 16,000-seat Cajundome with Catholics, clergy and the curious. And before she left town, Mother Teresa set up a Missionaries of ...

On Dec. 19, 1999, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, was officially opened and consecrated. The opening Mass was celebrated by the Diocese of Birmingham’s bishop at the ...