A Homily for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, by Father Klein

As the ex-president who has lived the longest, Jimmy Carter became one of the trusted citizens in the world.

Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become “a season of hope” and reconciliation in a world at war and suffering humanitarian crises as he opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve.

While Chesterton wrote on a vast number of subjects, Christmas was a favorite.

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza.

Bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life year-round, a tradition being rediscovered and appreciated by anthropologists, academics, musicians and an increasing number of ordinary people.

Peace among nations is a necessary precondition for any solution to the climate change crisis. Instead, we have a renewed arms race and a mad dash for exhaustible natural resources.

The eyes of faith allowed us to see the people we served as people who shared in the purpose of life we all have been tasked with: to love and be loved.

Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.

150 years after the birth of Impressionism, two dazzling shows have been mounted.