Sister’s Christmas Catechism — The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold: Patti Hannon as the strict Catholic nun, Sister, instructs audiences in the Nativity and the puzzle of the Magi’s gold.

The future of humanity and her relationship with God and His Church does not rely on scientific discovery or the hope to spread wealth. Our future relies on something that is very ancient becoming something very magnificent within a given amount of time from God. I am of course speaking of the Gospel itself! But I am not speaking of the Gospel as many in our culture today have understood it.

After 18 months of waiting, Stephanie and Brendan Winn met their second child, a son, at the hospital for the first time on June 14, 2011.

NEW YORK - Beyonce's father says Aretha Franklin's criticism of his daughter for referring to Tina Turner as "the Queen" at the Grammys is "ridiculous."

LOS ANGELES - Clay paid off at the box office for "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." The clay-animated family film debuted as the top weekend movie with $16.1 million.

It gets pushed to the side as most of us start putting the Christmas trimmings away and settle in for just a few more college football games, but Thursday is the Feast of the Epiphany for Western Christians. Historically, Epiphany has been a major feast of the Christian church, but in modernity the 12 days of Christmas have become little more than a traditional song, and Epiphany has become more obscure.

It gets pushed to the side as most of us start putting the Christmas trimmings away and settle in for just a few more college football games, but Thursday is the Feast of the Epiphany for Western Christians. Historically, Epiphany has been a major feast of the Christian church, but in modernity the 12 days of Christmas have become little more than a traditional song, and Epiphany has become more obscure.

List of winners at Sunday’s 46th Annual Grammy Awards:

It’s Easter Sunday, so please indulge me with a bit of a sermon, one you can take in a human context as well as a spiritual one.

New! What a great word… “New!” It brings to mind all sorts of possibilities and opportunities. Who doesn’t love that “new car smell” or a “new” baby! Just think about the excitement of a “new” house or a “new” job! Consider the joy of a “new” friendship or a “new” adventure! “New” – what a great word!

For almost 17 centuries, Christianity has asserted that the oneness of God’s divine essence exists in the unity of three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thus, “tri-unity” or the Trinity.

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Consider it “Mad Men” lite — or as lightweight as a show like this can get.

Jesus Christ's epic Sermon on the Mount, with its calls for peacemaking, helping the poor and working for justice, could well be compared to a modern political campaign speech in front of the multitudes in a modern stadium.

For many people, Irish culture is synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day. But the Valley’s Irish community wants to get the word out that it’s easy being green all year long — and you don’t even have to be from the Emerald Isle.

Complete list of nominees in 107 categories announced Tuesday for the 47th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 13 in Los Angeles:

Picking through all of the albums of 2005 and coming up with a Top 10 list of the best discs of the year is a daunting task for any music fan. Tossing out the bad stuff is easy, but with so many great records coming out this year, how can anybody narrow it down to just 10?

August 21, 2004

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - At a sunset hilltop ceremony, a week of public mourning for Ronald Reagan came to a close with his three surviving children poignantly remembering their father - the 40th president of the United States - as loving and dedicated.

WASHINGTON - In a final hail to the chief beneath marble arches and somber skies, the nation bade a lingering goodbye to Ronald Reagan on Friday, mourners remembering his "lightness of spirit" and his stoic widow placing a tiny kiss on his casket before the westward journey to a hilltop grave.

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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:

What’s the sound in the distance? It’s still too soon for Santa’s ho-ho-hoing. Ditto the clickclack of reindeer hooves on rooftops.

What’s the sound in the distance? It’s still too soon for Santa’s ho-ho-hoing. Ditto the clickclack of reindeer hooves on rooftops.