During a Mass held the evening of Election Day, the priest at St. Clement Parish in Lincoln Park in Chicago asked for God’s blessings for “our world, our church and our nation, and those who need our ...

The St. Louis area serves as the de facto capital of Catholic hospital systems. Three of the largest are headquartered here, ...

Smallpox swept through the city and the Sisters of St. Mary walked the streets offering free care to the sick ... he declined to lead a prayer in a meeting, Ryan recounted in her book, “On Becoming ...

Robert Shaplen’s “Free Love” delves into the adultery case against Henry Ward Beecher, an abolitionist preacher and a presidential hopeful.

Trump also supports efforts to privatize the K-12 school system, including through vouchers for private schools. Both he and ...

Perdita, by sociologist Dylan Riley, is a beautiful attempt both to relive his marriage and to see the world through his late wife’s eyes ...

Former President Donald Trump -- now projected to be the next president of the United States -- has proposed sweeping reform for the nation's educational systems. Here's a look at what areas of ...

Today, no nuns run any U.S. Catholic health system, while many of these hospitals pull in billions, according to their ...

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