Lady, when on that night I left the Island that was your England,your love went with me, althought I coul dnot know it andcoul dnot make myself aware of it.It was your love, your intercession for me, before God,that was preparing the seas before my ship,laying open the way for me to another country. I…

At a time when many parishes, and many dioceses, are facing serious financial problems and looming deficits, this sort of news is downright miraculous: For the last few months, St. James Roman Catholic Church in Johnson City has seen a decline in weekly donations. About two out of four weeks the parish fails to meet…

Somebody get St. Francis of Assisi on the line. It turns out dogs can be, in a word, bitchy. Take a sniff: To the list of the qualities of dogs — enthusiastic and steadfast come to mind — can be added another. That pooch of yours, researchers say, may be envious. Scientists in Austria report…

Below is a casual little snapshot of Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Toledo, Spain, just hanging out with some of his pals. Cardinal Llovera was just tapped to succeed Francis Arinze as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He’s known as “the Little Ratzinger.” Rocco has the scoop.…

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