In a temporal sense, the rooms Father Phil Krahman visited May 11 at Mother of Good Counsel Home in Northwoods were representative of rooms anywhere, similar in form and function for residents' care and comfort whether there or at other skilled nursing facilities.

But in a spiritual sense, the rooms represent so much more; they reflect the personalities, wants and desires of their particular residents — the souls within.

"I call it 'sacred space,'" said Father Krahman, adding...

With the heat and humidity already descending upon St. Louis, attendees at the North Deanery Revival found refuge in the comfort of Sts. Teresa and Bridget Church on a mid-May evening.

Resurrectionist Father Manuel Williams of Montgomery, Ala., is leading the three-day event, May 21-23, at Sts. Teresa and Bridget Church, 3636 N. Market St. in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood of north St. Louis. Each evening begins at 6 p.m. with praise and worship music from the North Deanery choir....

More than four months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, Father Jorge Virella was feeling stressed as he worried about how his parish, San Rafael in Quebradillas, was going to come up with the funding to restore several chapels.

At the same time, about 2,000 miles away in St. Louis, Father Bob Reiker had cracked open the Official Catholic Directory, looking for a church in Puerto Rico where his parishioners at St. Raphael the Archangel could send donations...

Christ's incarnation troubles some Christians. It almost always did.

Today, as in past centuries, some find it difficult to accept the Incarnation fully. They doubt, perhaps, that God really could or would become man.

Perhaps, too, they wonder why on earth the Lord would enter as fully and warmly as the Gospels say He did into the lives of people of all kinds, including those living in situations that fell far short of perfect.

Thus it becomes difficult for them to take...