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"Raising the Bar" tells the ageless story of Utah farm boy Alma Richards winning the Olympic high jump in 1912.

Brothers and sisters, precisely on Divine Mercy Sunday we remember our beloved Pope Francis with affection,” Cardinal Pietro ...

Even with an Idaho warrant out for his arrest, Ammon Bundy said he is not overly concerned about being collared by police ...

When the prohibition regarding the Divine Mercy message was lifted by Pope St. Paul VI, Sister Faustina Kowalska of the ...

They divorced. Come to think of it, the four military weddings I attended: all divorced." 4."I was a bridesmaid for a new ...

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at ...

Many worshippers were aghast upon hearing that Afghan Christian members of their own community have received emails giving ...

Across the world, Easter is one of the most revered and widely celebrated events in the Christian calendar. Commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead after His crucifixion, Easter ...