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Christmas can be a noisy time of year. You find yourself in stores crammed with people, and at home you may be surrounded by family members and friends.

Now that I’m a parent, my family’s Christmas spirit looks pretty different than that of my family of origin.

The Vatican Museums has launched an initiative to give visitors -- online and in person -- a "backstage" peek into the secrets, curiosities and insights discovered by their art restorers.

Four congregations of women religious filed suit against the board of gunmaker Smith & Wesson Dec. 5 in a Las Vegas court, the day before a shooter killed three people and critically wounded a fourth on the University of Nevada, ...

Two Ohio dioceses are considering a potential merger, according to a joint letter issued Dec. 11 by Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, and Bishop Paul J. Bradley, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Steubenville, ...

Days after the Texas Supreme Court temporarily stayed a district judge's Dec. 7 ruling allowing a pregnant mother to obtain an abortion under an exemption to its ban, the woman's attorneys report she has left Texas arguing her health and ...