Lunar New Year, also known as “Tet Nguyen Dan” (“Tet” for short) in Vietnamese, “is the most important and popular festival ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The Heart of America Athletic Conference Council of Presidents unanimously approved St. Ambrose ...

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Following the 2025 football season, the North Scott High School-Eldridge football team was awarded the trophy for the best overall football record. Jim Martens brought the traveling trophy back after ...

By Jenna Ebener A reflection I would like to dedicate this month’s article to a dear Dominican Sister who recently ...Read More ...

DAVENPORT — Amy Novak, president and CEO of St. Ambrose University-Davenport and Mount Mercy University-Cedar Rapids was appointed chair of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) ...

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While eating the flesh of land animals and birds is forbidden on Fridays during Lent, the Church permits the faithful to eat fish, dairy and eggs (usccb.org).

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, recommends that dioceses offer the ...

By Kim Novak Unfolding Spirit It’s day nine in Guatemala, and the poverty continues to be both oppressive and intriguing.

Pope Leo XIV told a group of clergy in Rome Feb. 20 that they should resist “the temptation to prepare homilies with artificial intelligence.” He didn’t say anything about Catholic newspaper editorial ...