Christmas decorations went up in stores almost as fast as the Halloween costumes, lawn decorations, and paraphernalia came down, ... more

Pray for me.” No doubt we have made this request of others many times and have likewise been asked by others to pray for them. We need help, and people need our help. But although... more

Which is more sacred—Mass in the cathedral with a contemporary choir, the extraordinary form of the Mass with Gregorian chant, Mass celebrated on the back of a Humvee in Afghanistan, or the rich liturgy of the Maronite Rite of the Church?... more

The science of photography, even before it went digital, has always intrigued me. But nearly 300 years before the first photograph was taken and developed in 1826, ... more

Real baseball fans know the importance of the “dog days” of summer, the 40-day period ending in August that typically marks the hottest and most sultry days of the year. ... more

The world didn’t end May 21 as some had predicted. Personally, I was worried it might until Matt Holliday’s eighth-inning two-run homer broke a scoreless tie and led my St. Louis Cardinals to a shutout win against the Kansas City Royals that day.... more

Of the many memories I have from my recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, one remains particularly vivid: the image of a tiny infant in the loving arms of an elderly religious sister from an orphanage we visited in Bethlehem.... more