How a tiny U.S. Post Office in Ossining, N.Y., became the site of a caper for the ages.

The process of leaving the church is not so different from the process of joining it.

As we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. this month, it is worth remembering that despite the intensely political nature of his ministry and activism, Dr. King was himself not a politician so much as a prophet.

In her fourth book, The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions Into Devotion, Sonja Livingston introduces herself as a “pilgrimess” returning to her childhood church in Rochester, N.Y., after not regularly attending Mass for 20 years.

In the Philippines, the Christmas spirit can be found in a shopping mall chapel.

The congregation's task has always been “the transmission and dissemination of the faith throughout the whole world.”