But time moves on. The role of the Church has changed. Irish Americans, like the Irish at home, have drifted from the altar.

14."In my Orthodox church, if the holy communion falls on the floor, it’s a huge deal. A kid [accidentally] dropped it and ...

Nigerian American musician Ike Ndolo is known for his work as a Catholic worship leader. But he is also an activist, and his ...

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

The efforts of these St. Louis Muslim women are shaping the region and have created a Muslim community and culture unlike ...

Anniversaries are meaningful milestones in both personal and communal life. They invite us to pause, reflect, and give thanks to the Lord and for how He has walked with us on the journey of faith.

I know many women who say their husbands or in-laws wouldn‘t be happy if they kept their own name. To me, this is a massive ...

In a short span of time, immigrants flooded Hamtramck, a blue-collar town fully within Detroit's borders. And things would ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

Three years after Josh Duggar was sentenced to 12 years in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, the TLC ...

"I’m a crier, so I also know that it’s very sentimental and emotional in many ways for me just to be able to get to this step to priesthood." ...

One of the two bells from the former Urakami Cathedral here, which was destroyed by the U.S. atomic bombing during World War ...