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91 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." ...

Sunday, March 9, is the First Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13. As Lent begins, we are asked to consider some of ...

In a display of compassion and community spirit, students from St. Patrick Catholic Classical School in Lufkin have come together to raise more than $800 for the local pregnancy center during Catholic ...

Lola, who was recently baptized, tells PEOPLE about the transformative experience Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 years. Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor ...

I guess I struck a nerve, but I thought we moved on. Back in late November (almost three months ago), I took issue with a guest column in which Walker West hailed Donald Trump as the 21st Century ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls’ six NBA championship banners have been removed from the United Center rafters after they were damaged during a concert. According to a United Center statement ...

Occupants of a house on Hazen Road west of Langton escaped a fire that broke out just after 4 a.m. on Monday, but several family pets were unaccounted for as firefighters continued to battle the ...

The idea of transposing the high tragedy of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to an all-Black backyard barbecue somewhere in the American South seems pretty brilliant. But James Ijames’s “Fat Ham ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A study on Santa Fe’s retail sector performance shows local businesses attract more consumer spending than ...

A severance was approved of a lot to be owned by the Bluewater District School Board for the planned new Kindergarten to Grade 8 school in Dundalk. The proposal required some special permission ...