The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus had a long history even before it was given definitive shape by the spiritual visions and ecstasies of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century. The feast concerns the love of Jesus as symbolized...

For years I've been immersed in Catholic media and the ongoing conversation within the Church of how to carry on as the Church. And, of course, in the West, at the heart of this conversation is the fact that within the next generation half of...

Recently I was asked to elaborate on my spirituality. In an attempt to answer I found myself listing my devotions, prayer life, Mass attendance, parish participation and personal initiatives. As this list poured out of my mouth, my head began...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Don't look now, but Dolores Hart is about to become a star again, 50 years after her last movie. Hart — that's Mother Dolores, the prioress of a Benedictine women's monastery in Bethlehem, Conn. — has just...

Pictured: Roger Boswell cantors as part of the music ministry at Holy Spirit Church in Denver. (Doreen Sugierski, Catholic News Herald) DENVER — Roger Boswell and his wife Maria knew they were in the right place when they moved from California...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — "The right earlobe, right thumb and right big toe," answered Sister Peter Joseph. The crowded cheered as host Jeff Foxworthy affirmed her answer to the question of what parts of the body God instructed Moses to anoint. Sister...