Often homilies are so long, 20 or 30 minutes, that people will go outside to smoke a cigarette and come back, the pope said.

Preachers must preach an idea, a feeling, and a call to action. Beyond eight minutes the preaching starts to fade, it is not ...

•COOKIE POTLUCK: 2 to 3 p.m. Dec. 5, New Castle Public Library’s Copernicus Room. In celebration of National Cookie Day. Bring in a batch of cookies along with the recipe to taste and enjoy others’ ...

Still other times, the angel is simply a flash of light, a pillar of fire in the wilderness, while Mary blinks, trying to ...