Three-year-old Mary Patricia Roeder ministers to everyone she meets, but, at first glance, some may not understand the blessings God brings through her. Severely handicapped, unable to speak or take ...

It is December, and things are ending. Students get their papers in and prep for finals. Retailers push for a sales rush to declare a good year. Our northern world grows darker, daylight shorter. The ...

Readings for Vigil Mass: 1 Chronicles 15: 3-4, 15-16, 16: 1-2 1 Corinthians 15: 54b-57 Luke 11: 27-28 Readings for Mass during the Day: Revelation 11: 19a, 12: 1-6a, 10ab 1 Corinthians 15: 20-27 Luke ...

The Rev. Nicholas Jonas says he was in disbelief when he saw tears streaming down the face of a painting of Mary holding the child Jesus in his chapel. “When these things happen, I feel like a little ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary in Mexico has been captured “crying” tears, prompting hundreds to travel to witness a “miracle.” The statue, residing in a church in the town of El Canal, Colima, was ...

Associate Professor of History and Asian Languages and Culture, University of Michigan The Vatican recently announced its plan to set up an “observatory” at one of its several academic institutions, ...

A beatific vision of Mary contrasts with the dark, horror-movie tone director Marco Pontecorvo chooses for this redemptive religious tale. In 1952, Warner Bros. released a version of “The Miracle of ...

Wendy Laura Belcher, professor of comparative literature and African American studies, has been awarded two major grants, totaling over $600,000, from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

In early September 1927, St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Franklin Street burned to the ground. It was mid-morning when the fire was discovered by one of the five Bernadine nuns who had come from Reading ...