William Kennedy did for his hometown what Joyce did for Dublin, what Bellow did for Chicago, what Faulkner did for his fictional Yoknapatawpha County. He became the bard of a particular time and place ...

The vast network of Catholic schools likely constitutes the largest single system of education in the world today. This enormously influential educational system has some 55,000 schools, ranging from ...

Inspired by the shrine’s history and mission, the new hymn invites pilgrims to reflect on Our Lady’s message and maternal protection. Choir members rehearse the new hymn honoring Our Lady of Champion, ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is sacred from ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing these rites it is important to note that different sources disagree on exactly ...

Sacred music has an objective greatness and essential purpose that needs to be rediscovered: that of leading souls to the divine, to heaven and to holiness, says the co-author of a new book interview ...

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year. By Sarah Lyall One fiction, one nonfiction (which he turns to at night). In “Future Boy,” he recalls juggling signature roles in “Back to the ...

December 8, 2025 • Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote ...

"Nuns" gambling, casting clashes, a pen name and two big brass balls: The making of the 1992 comedy classic Sister Act was a ...

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I are joined by ecclesial leaders representing the vast majority of the ...

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Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping. By Sopan Deb Our columnist on the books that wowed her ...