Effie Caldarola, Cathoilc News Service

Is America's collective teeth grinding an indication of its happiness level? A Twitter user mentioned how badly she grinds her teeth in her sleep. A...

Like life itself, Lent starts out nice and slow. And suddenly, Easter is upon us. There may have been a Lenten midway point, or maybe...

Remember that old saying, born of frustration: "If it's not one thing, it's another!" A friend's kids turned that into a way to tease her:...

Sometimes we don't "go" to prayer, but prayer comes to us. Maybe a sunrise, a poem, a location becomes an experience of a thin place,...

The weather was nasty as I hunkered on a Saturday morning over my computer with a cup of cocoa. Rain, wind and icy shards...

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Mt 5:9). When Jesus said this as he spoke from the hilltop, what...

Best fishing story of January: A small group of fishermen and an Irish fishing association stopped the Russian navy from conducting war games in...

The book, "We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families," is at once both stunning and horrifying. Searching for...

My husband and I are in the process of moving to the East Coast to be near our daughters and grandchildren. I say "process" because...

Waiting isn't easy, and yet Advent asks of us just that: to wait on the Lord. Sometimes in this busy world, we need some help...