The Clemson Tigers finished their 2024 season with a 10-4 record, bringing head coach Dabo Swinney’s record with the program to 180-47 in his 17 years of coaching. To pay tribute to him, Swinney’s ...

Excerpt from Pope Francis’ homily at Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. At the beginning of this new year which the Lord has granted us, we do well to lift our eyes and hearts to Mary.

Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not, however, an observance pulled out of whole cloth. Honoring Mary as the ...

Every January 1, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of St. Mary, Mother of God, one of the most significant feasts ... her “Let it be done to me according to your word”, was an act of ...

Pope Francis reads his homily during the Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Jan. 1, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen On the first ...

“I believe in God,” he said, “and God is with us.” A self-confident leader who believes the war is going well for his side would have answered with a forceful yes or no, perhaps even ...