When I was a folk-singing college student, one of my friends wanted me to play "Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out." The title so put me off that I not only refused but wouldn’t even listen to ...

On Sunday, the Gospel reading is the Beatitudes, one of the most loved and well-known passages of the New Testament. This marks the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes are found in ...

Sunday, Jan. 29, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a. The beatitudes in today’s Gospel are ...

Well, boys and girls, it's officially eclipse season, and if you know anything about astrology, you know what that means: endings, shake-ups, and maybe even a bit of chaos. Ancient peoples believed ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez will bless a local group of 52 “faithful” Roman Catholics on Sunday at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels before they and Auxiliary Bishop Matthew G. Elshoff and several ...

Today’s long-awaited news of the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) brings enormous joy not just to the places where he ministered — Peoria, Westminster, Washington D.C., ...