A formidable list of actors, including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov and David Suchet, have taken on the role of Agatha Christie’s famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.

A formidable list of actors, including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov and David Suchet, have taken on the role of Agatha Christie’s famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.

“The encounter with God is a living encounter,” the pope said departing from his prepared remarks. “It is not an encounter of a museum, it is a living encounter. And we go to Mass, not a museum!”

I’m up before the sons, which makes me think I have a jump on the day.

Almost two months after the devastating winds and rains of Hurricane Maria pummeled the island of Puerto Rico, there is still no clear path to recovery.

A Catholic priest is mediating between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and generals who seized power.

Students at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg learned first-hand about hunger and social justice.

Mrs. Fick has taught at St. Joseph School for 15 years, and is currently teaching Kindergarten. Mrs. Fick exudes positive energy to help her students and their families as well as her fellow teachers. She loves to laugh and share an optimistic word, and her students and colleagues know her to be kind, trustworthy, and reliable. […]

Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey will be beatified Nov. 18 at the home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, the largest venue Detroit could find.

A stuffed cow and his owner crawl into my bed to wake me up, and I realize the morning is already getting away from us.

I’m chronicling our ordinary, but extraordinary, life every day this week. Here’s Monday.

The USCCB began as National Catholic War Council, founded in 1917 to coordinate Catholic response to the war, including recruitment of military chaplains and a focus on displaced people and child welfare.

The archbishop noted that last year, parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore contributed $205,800 to the collection. Nine self-help, poverty-level income groups within the archdiocese received $405,000 in national and local CCHD grants.
