A few days ago I realized with a shock that Advent was nearly over. I’d yet to get a tree, and I hadn’t even begun to hunt through the house for my nativity scene. I’d been so preoccupied with ...

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This week, our family celebrated a special milestone: my 9-month-old grandson, Thommy-boy, said his very first word — “Baby.” Moments like that remind us how wonderful life can be even during tough ...

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Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians “journey as if on a bridge that connects earth ...

Two stories anchor our oldest holiday. Both took place in times of division and deprivation. And both offer a hopeful note about who we can be when we try. The first, of course, unfolds in Plymouth, ...

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that ...

Dearborn Divine Child held on late to beat Hudsonville Unity Christian 23-22 in the Michigan high school football Division 4 state championship game at Ford Field on Friday afternoon. Divine Child (13 ...

Sarah Beckstrom has died. Andrew Wolfe continues to fight for his life. Anger, desire for some kind of reckoning, and an inability to understand how something like this could happen are consuming many ...

Unity quarterback Dane Eisenmenger heads to the front of the gym as team captains are introduced at Tuesday’s pep rally for the state-bound football team in Tolono. Coverage: A-8 and at ...