Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

Israeli wine is more than a drink—it’s a symbol of resilience and tradition. This Purim, we raise a glass to history, victory ...

More than 450 catechumens took their next step into entering the Catholic Church at the Rite of Election, presided over by ...

Laredo Catholics are invited to a time of prayer that will relieve them of temporal sin alongside Bishop James A. Tamayo.

Children are, after all, “first in the Kingdom of Heaven.” Our Catholic kitsch becomes woven into the fabric of our lives, ...

Lent is a season of waiting. For forty days, we walk with Jesus through the desert, facing the emptiness of our hearts and ...

Along with the health care workers treating him, the pope -- who has been hospitalized for nearly a month -- had a small ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...