Many of dePaola’s most delightful characters are those who persevere in the worthy effort to simply be themselves.

It is in college that a young Catholic truly has to lay claim to her faith.

The various arguments around Little Women have long boiled down to: does the novel empower women, or does it oppress them?

Para Jesús, es la comunidad primero, la conversión después. La bienvenida y el respeto vienen primero.

The Irish people "have struggled and come through because they have faith," says Sister Liz Murphy, R.S.M., on the eve of a visit from Pope Francis.

In a wide-ranging news conference that touched on clerical sex abuse, the role of women in the church and LGBT issues, Cardinal Kevin Farrell said the fundamental message of the Gospel was the same for all of God's creation.