When rain finally came, relief turned to thanksgiving. Communities began marking March 19 with celebrations centered on food shared freely with neighbors and the poor. From these customs emerged the “ ...

For a Jesuit, Catholic university truly to be animated by engagement with the Catholic intellectual tradition, we need to find ways to sustain a college-wide intellectual culture in which faculty come ...

Mark Ipri fails to understand a wealth of Catholic teaching and tradition in his viewpoint “What Would Jesus Think?” (The Hoya, Sept. 28, 2004, A3). Like Ipri, I am a cradle Catholic. Five hundred ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re not a Christian or Catholic, “Advent” might mean a cardboard calendar filled with chocolate, treats or beauty product ...

Easter in Portugal, or Páscoa, isn’t just about chocolate eggs lining supermarket shelves. It’s one of the most culturally significant moments in the Portuguese calendar, shaped by centuries of ...

Catholics have recently been prominent in the news, too often for all the wrong reasons. All these are often considered a nod to 'Catholic tradition'. From what era does this tradition draw its ...

Among traditionalist Catholics in England, the “Agatha Christie” letter is a touchstone of memory, revered as one might an Elizabethan-era maniple preserved in a recusant house. So it is unsurprising ...