In 1995 The Liars’ Club arrived on The New York Times’ bestseller list and fashioned author Mary Karr as a thrilling, new literary voice. NCR spoke with Karr about her …

“The ’80s may be “once upon a time,” writes Rebecca Bratten Weiss, but “The show’s themes of government overreach and the exploitation of women are pressingly relevant.” 

St. Anthony of Egypt Feast date: Jan 17 On his Jan. 17 feast day, both Eastern and Western Catholics celebrate the life and legacy of St. Anthony of Egypt, the …

This week’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court, in cases involving state laws that ban boys from girls’ sports, may prove to be a decisive turning point in the surreal …

A recent New York Times feature noted that quarterback Fernando Mendoza, before helping change Indiana University football history, excelled at Belen Jesuit, an all-boys Catholic school in Miami, and then …

He prays best who does not know that he is praying. — St. Anthony

The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot (251-356) from the 3rd century. St. Anthony, the Father of the monastics, retired to the desert at about the age of …

Motherhood is an amazing gift that only women have. Yet so many of our fellow citizens have been programmed to view it instead as a burden, an obstacle to career …