Easter –– brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day –– not only a few weeks on the Church calendar –– but, for Christians, a way of life.

We’ve been looking at the way the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed was the development of perhaps the central theme of the Old Testament: There would come a time when God would act, fulfilling his ...

Like most practicing Catholics, I’m a member of a parish near my home. Yet I’m also blessed to have another “home” parish due to my diaconate assignment that is a bit farther away. Most days I ...

During Holy Week, we draw near to Christ, remembering his final battle with sin and Satan on our behalf. No one had the power ...

Anne McNeill Gattman, 60, is principal of St. Jerome School in Maplewood, a Catholic elementary and middle school she helped salvage with a radical enrollment boost. She and her husband, Jim, are ...

Right now is a difficult time for nearly every family I know. Parents are stressed. Teens are depressed. Kids are anxious.

Jamie Verbrugge is getting to know employees, volunteers, lawmakers, stakeholders, donors and the people served by the largest social services agency in the metro area.

Several religious goods industry professionals told OSV News they're not yet sure how the Trump administration's new tariffs ...

It usually takes up to a month, weather permitting, for travelers to hike at least a section of El Camino de Santiago, the ...

A man has been charged with assault, burglary and damage to property in connection with an early-morning incident April 8 on ...

The pain. The PAIN! His ravaged flesh, deft scourging-torn, With raging PAIN! To spastic shock a prey!

A special gathering took place March 20 on property owned by Steve and Ellen Untz of St. Patrick in Oak Grove. A priest from ...