The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image of Pope Leo XIV consoling a weeping Lebanese woman.
I couldn't help thinking "perhaps the whole world needed it, and needs this pope, for...
By Tish Galu
St. Vincent de Paul Society
What would you do if an unexpected disaster hit the east coast? How would our diocese respond and where would we go for help?
There are more unexpected weather events happening every year across...
WASHINGTON -- In a Dec. 11 court filing, a federal judge in Maryland ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident at the center of a high-profile immigration case, from ICE custody "immediately."
Abrego Garcia's...
Nate Stromberg has been appointed the regional director of patient experience by Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, the health system that owns Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington. Stromberg will be responsible for enhancing the company’s “compassionate, patient-centered care,” Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic...
PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Since the October ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, people in Palestine are living in abject ruin, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said at a news conference in Plymouth, a western suburb of Detroit.
"The only difference is that we...
In 1937, leaders of the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis established a philanthropic foundation created to support Christian seminaries.
Lilly Endowment Inc. recently announced 45 recipients of its Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, which aims to help theological...
The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association announced penalties for several schools at its Dec. 11 board meeting for violations of its out-of-season coaching regulation stemming from an event held in August.
A total of six coaches were suspended, including Lonnie Wright...
Q: My favorite Advent hymn is "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." I'm used to singing it all through Advent, but the new choir director at my parish says we're not allowed to sing it now until the fourth Sunday...
By John Mulderig, OSV News
Just about everyone enjoys a Christmas holiday with all the trimmings, including Santa's ho ho ho and Rudolph's red nose. But the preparatory time of Advent can serve as an invitation to explore more deeply...
By Michelle Jones, OSV News
We radiate the life of Jesus to the world to the extent that we live with the conviction that we are divinely loved. Advent calls us beyond the false security of the merely virtuous person...