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Dialog editor My late mother was a devout Catholic for all of her 87 years and she raised her five children accordingly. Like many of us, I remember her words almost to the point that it seems I remember everything she...
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- What was meant to be an intellectual tribute to Pope Francis has instead become the backdrop to the latest tempest over transparency and this pontificate. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the election of...
Catholic News Service   Fifth Sunday of Lent Cycle B 1) Jer 31:31-34 Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15 2) Heb 5:7-9 Gospel: Jn 12:20-33   Having God as Father What does it mean to be a son or daughter of God? Does it mean to be a human person, created in...
Every weekend Father Miguel Angel Bombilla takes a 140-mile Sunday drive along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, but it isn’t just because he enjoys the scenery. Rather, his drive ensures that Mass is celebrated in Spanish at four parishes: Ss. Peter and...
                  Today's Readings from the USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031518.cfm • • • "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." — C.S. Lewis “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...
  The all-Catholic boys basketball team was announced Wednesday night. Players were selected by the coaches of St. Elizabeth, Salesianum and St. Mark's. First team                                                               Second team     The boys' and girls' all-state teams, which are selected by coaches and media, will be announced...
WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees March 14 called the First Amendment Defense Act "a modest and important measure" because it protects those who believe marriage is "the union of one man and one woman." Sen. Mike...
Catholic News Service DUBLIN -- While Irish pubs will be allowed to open and serve alcohol on Good Friday, March 30, for the first time in 91 years, some pub owners have vowed to remain shut and observe the tradition. President...
Chill swept through with a cold breeze March 14 from Delaware beaches into New Castle County and across the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The message wasn’t lost anywhere. Bells tolled 17 times at St. Elizabeth school, candles were lighted at St....
                Today's Readings from the USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031418.cfm   "Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime." — Martin Luther "Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival...