None of us likes thinking about death, but there are times when we have little choice. The virus spreads, hospitals fill, and systems become overwhelmed. Our greatest concerns, personal and national, ...

Catechumen Jennifer Giaramita is anointed by Auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Coyle of Rockville Centre, N.Y., pastor at Good Shepherd Church in Holbrook, N.Y., as she receives the sacrament of confirmation ...

Sunday, Nov. 6, is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 or Luke 20:27, 34-38. In the readings today ...

This is one of those times when if we listen carefully to the readings, we discover that the Gospel, especially what I'm talking about, is not a historical document really. It's not a biography of ...