Laura Kelly Fanucci, Catholic News Service

When I made my first confession, I clutched an index card with sweaty palms. On one side, I'd copied the act of contrition, dutifully...

"Wait for me!" Our 4-year-old runs after his big brothers, coat flapping and boots thumping. As I watch the kids race through the yard,...

Like students taking a test, we often assign God to boxes without realizing it: God will be present at church, in Mass or in...

Grandparents rank among the best gift-givers. In our house, they are legendary. Presents tumbling out of suitcases. Piles under the Christmas tree. Birthday packages on...

School is done and summer has begun. But between registering kids for sports and mapping family road trips, I’ve had to catch myself. Where...

How often do you think about how small you are? Not your size or shape, but the fact that you were once tinier than the...

Since I was young, leafing through colorful pages in my children's Bible, I've loved the Gospel story where the friends lower the paralyzed man...

The opposite of division is multiplication. The opposite of subtraction is addition. In a time when we feel deeply divided and we've lost so much,...

"A baby is God's way of saying the world should go on." My mother spoke this truth a thousand times while I was growing up....

Lord, we're tired. Overwhelmed. Anxious. Uncertain. This year has brought massive changes to our families. Work, school, church -- all of it looks different now....