Bishop Edwin de la Pena of Marawi assured Catholics in the region that other parishes not affected by the fighting will continue their ministries.

On Forgiveness Sunday, we look for the best in the one we forgive and seek to give a charitable interpretation of the other’s intent.

The Easter lily has its own remarkable story of persistence.

As followers of Jesus, we believe, as do a long line of his followers, that he rose from the dead on that first Easter Sunday.

Easter is second only to Christmas in Mass attendance—and in a tight race with Halloween in candy consumption.

Bernice was smiling because she was free. Her horizon, which was her hope, was not her bed, or the ward, or the hospital—not even this world. Bernice’s eyes were fixed on the hope of heaven.