Prosecutors believe Joshua Hunsucker poisoned his wife Stacy with eye drops in her drinks “over a period of time leading to ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he deliberately simplified.

When I was in elementary school, every Tuesday I would meet up with a group of fellow Catholic girls by the baseball field and walk to our weekly Catholic class. I was apathetic about the lessons ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis realized that she had lost control of the holiday she helped create.

More than 170 delegations – including heads of state and government and other dignitaries, such as United States President ...

The Arizona Republic or azcentral.com online, a USA TODAY Network newspaper, found one of the earliest instances was ...

From the sheer volume of flowers purchased in the U.S. to the holiday's unique origins, there are many fascinating facts about how we celebrate Mother's Day today.

"The thieves turned out to be the guard’s brother and cousins, and it was our guard's brilliant idea for them to come and rob ...

Fort Payne isn’t just another dot on the Alabama map – it’s a character-filled town nestled at the foot of Lookout Mountain ...

In Harlem, the Abyssinian Baptist Church—a Gothic historic megachurch—is a centerpiece for local communities. Rooted in a ...