TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa community is mourning the loss of human rights award winner Ruth Hodges. The missionary and educator, known to many in East Tampa as "Mother Hodges," died at the age of 97.

Her tomb quickly became a place of pilgrimage and prayer for people of all faiths, rich and poor alike. Mother Teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity.

The Holy Cross and Blessed Sacrament parishes in Olyphant and Throop consolidated into one Tuesday, taking on a new identity ...

Three years after Mother Teresa´s death, her Missionaries of Charity (MC) congregation continues her work with only the smallest of changes, MC officials say. Some MC associates say there has been a ...

On June 29, the longtime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star honored her late mom, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield, by ...

COMMENTARY: In a time of prejudice and social tension, a single afternoon with a group of Franciscan sisters offered an ...