Familiarity is a comfortable aspect of life. But one only notices familiarity when things suddenly feel unfamiliar. You only notice your throat is normally not sore when it starts to become sore. You ...

After recently celebrating the one-year anniversary of successfully launching Arkansas’s first Maternal Life360 HOME program, St. Bernards Healthcare in Jonesboro announced the expansion of its ...

TONTITOWN — Ozark Catholic Academy in Tontitown signed a long-term lease on 17 acres in November, marking a milestone in the school’s acquisition of a permanent facility. The land is near its current ...

On this All Souls Day, I remember that years ago I was told that there had been a priest in Oklahoma who once began a funeral Mass saying, in effect, “We are gathered here today to pray for so-and-so ...

On a Sunday afternoon, a Christian Palestinian family was stopped at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) checkpoint while traveling back from a day of swimming in Jordan to their home in Beit Jala, ...

The Book of Judges tells Christians the story of a strong man named Samson, whose strength came from a vow not to cut his hair. But in Russellville, Mary Corkins, parish manager of St. Leo the Great ...

While several parishes operate their own food pantries, smaller parishes partner with other churches and organizations in their community to have a greater impact. St. Joseph Church in Pine Bluff ...

This Advent, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) invites Catholics to prepare their hearts for the Nativity of the Lord at Christmas with a free Advent Wreath Prayer Guide. This is an online resource on ...

St. Joseph High School’s Interact Club in Conway hosted its annual Veterans Day Assembly Nov. 11. Along with the school’s students and faculty, about 25 local veterans attended, including 99-year-old ...

Ashley Melisa Ruiz Espinoza, 9, a member of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Pocahontas, died Oct. 21. She is survived by her parents, Jorge Ruiz and Luisa Espinoza and a sister.

Hundreds of people gather around a reliquary containing the first-class relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux at Christ the King Church in Little Rock Nov. 8. (Katie Zakrzewski) Before 10 a.m. Mass began ...

Eighth grader Claire Magie was named the winner of the St. Joseph High School Peace Poster Contest in Conway. It was sponsored by the Conway Evening Lions Club. This year’s theme was “Together As One.