As we move closer to winter, we anticipate the holidays and the fact that the New Year is just around the corner. When it ...

The constant smack of hands echoes as security guard John Sergile daps up roughly 1,000 of the 1,400 seventh-12th grade boys walking into Boston College High School in Dorchester each morning, from ...

Usually, when Msgr. Bryan Hehir celebrates a memorial Mass, he takes some time in his homily to reflect on the life of the deceased. On the night of Nov. 20, however, this was not possib ...

With the help of Archbishop Richard Henning, dozens of volunteers working with Catholic Charities Boston gave hundreds of families something to be thankful for on Nov. 23. At the Cathol ...

The church's support for immigrant communities must "go beyond words" amid fears of potential mass deportation efforts, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, who is chairman of the U.S. Conference ...

A true study and understanding of the church's history and experience are needed to help priests better interpret today's world, to make the Gospel more relevant and to counter i ...

Once upon a time, fasting was an expectation. Prayer, almsgiving (charity) and fasting were seen by the early church as naturally supporting and completing each other. They've been call ...

That sense of joyful preparation combined with anticipation is the attitude we bring to Advent as we await the arrival of Christ the Lord. Christmas is the high point, but using the days leading up to ...

For clergy, musicians, and pastoral staff, funerals are often the most sensitive and challenging of responsibilities. For those suffering great loss, grief enters their life, usually to stay. Attendin ...

Remember HAL? For those whose memories may not go back that far, HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) was the ...

Q: Is Dec. 9 a day of obligation? Is this rule new? Is it just for America? (Rochester, New York) A: Normally, Dec. 9 is not ...

Each generation must fight the battle anew. After watching the Berlin Wall fall in 1989, it seemed like Communism was on its heels. Today, it continues to spread and has become more assertive through ...