Effie Caldarola, Cathoilc News Service

It was the Friday before the July Fourth holiday, and as I cleared the dinner dishes I said to my husband, "It’s seemed like...

When my old grandmother visited Virginia in the late 1960s, it was her first trip back since her family had migrated to the Midwest...

I grew up in farm country where community was maintained by certain customs. If a farmer was taken seriously ill or died near harvest time,...

The year was 2012, ancient history in our Twitter-universe. But to me, as recent as yesterday's headline. Trayvon Martin was 17 years old, wearing a...

When our current social isolation started and the public celebration of Mass was canceled, staff at Anna Ferguson's parish in Papillion, Nebraska, got busy...

Maybe you’ve read about people, who during our time of pandemic isolation, discovered rats had built nests under the hoods of their parked, neglected...

We are confronted by jarring images these days. Who would have imagined in February that today we would see millions of Americans wearing face masks...

"In a world where I am surrounded by countless reasons to lose hope, I am fortunate to work in a place where hope lives...

If, like many Catholics, you cringe when you see Easter merchandise at the store as soon as Valentine's Day ends and Ash Wednesday is...

After visiting Philadelphia’s spring flower show, my daughter and her 5-year-old were returning home on the commuter train. Awareness of the new coronavirus outbreak...