VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- For Asian Catholics in North America, marking the Lunar New Year can be tricky when the traditional feast falls during Lent, because part of the traditional celebrations include large family meals.
This year, Lunar New Year...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
usccb.org/bible/readings/021618.cfm
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“God acts mercifully, not indeed by going against His justice, but by doing something more than justice.”
—St. Thomas Aquinas
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Read about the Corporal Works of Mercy here:
Feed the Hungry
Give Drink to the Thirsty
Shelter the Homeless
Visit the...
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WILMINGTON - Seventh-ranked Padua hosted Dover on Feb. 15, and it was senior night for two Pandas, Bella Julian and Camryn Scully. Both of the played huge roles in Padua's 51-39 win.
Both teams struggled early from the...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits in Peru that he often meets on Fridays with survivors of sex abuse.
The meetings, which he said do not always become public knowledge, make it clear that the survivors'...
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WASHINGTON -- Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput knows all too well the pain left behind after incidents like the 2018 Valentine's Day shooting that has so far taken 17 lives at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...
Diocese of Wilmington
If an underweight fifteen-year-old girl walks into the school nurse’s office and announces that she is fat, the nurse, the administration, parents and the medical profession will go at once to work to address what presents as...
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First Sunday of Lent
Cycle B
1) Gn 9:8-15
Psalm 25:4-9
2) 1 Pt 3:18-22
Gospel: Mk 1:12-15
Is there anything here for me?
Previewing today's readings, I knew right away the grooves my mind would fall into when they are read at Mass.
First...
(This article first appeared in "Because we are Catholic," a publication of the Maryland Catholic Conference.)
Twenty years ago he was an Ocean City Police detective with thoughts of joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now, Monsignor Steven Hurley is...
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Bishop Malooly notes generosity of those who have supported ministries in past years
Bishop Malooly has set a goal of $4,681,500 for the 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal, which helps support more than 35 offices and ministries that provide...
MIAMI -- Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski urged community members to come together "to support one another in this time of grief" after a shooting rampage Feb. 14 at a Broward County high school left at least 17 people...