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"The one who has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life."
Those words appear in Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 encyclical on hope titled "Spe Salvi," a title based on...
A great many Christians enter Lent with the firm intention of praying
in a more committed way and a conviction that prayer will open a path for them toward new life and hope.
Lent is a kind of a spiritual do-over,...
Dialog Editor
Call it The Great Turnaround.
It was not very many years ago that the Wilmington chapter of Legatus, the Catholic businessperson’s group, confronted a dwindling membership that had fallen to somewhere around 10 people.
That was then, this is now.
The...
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) -- The marriage appeared severed. It was a mess of miscommunication, heartbreak and a broken vow. They'd contacted divorce lawyers and he'd moved out. Her friends encouraged her to dump him.
"Our marriage was in a crisis...
Catholic News Service
During my sophomore year, someone started a rumor about me. I don't know who started the lie, but my so-called friends repeated the gossip. This resulted in half the class not talking to me, my notebooks being...
Dialog reporter
ALAPOCAS – St. Elizabeth's boys basketball team trailed Wilmington Friends, 41-37, early in the fourth quarter of the nonconference matchup Feb. 10, but the shorthanded Vikings would not be denied. A three-point shot by Jaden Dickerson sparked a...
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WASHINGTON -- When Pope Francis said, in the title of his 2017 World Day of Peace message, that he wanted to see nonviolence as "a style of politics for peace," it made peace teachers happy, but it...
Dialog reporter
MILLTOWN – One for the thumb.
That about sums up the exhibition the Salesianum and St. Mark's basketball teams put on Feb. 9 at St. Mark's, a five-overtime marathon that was not decided until the final seconds. After almost...
CAMBRIDGE, England (CNS) -- Pope Francis is inviting Catholics to take a more holistic approach to their faith, and that requires a change in underlying assumptions, said Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich.
The pope is not offering the new approach...
WASHINGTON -- Acts of love, courage and sacrifice by first responders, parents and children alike are hallmarks of a country that is rooted in prayer and deep faith in God, President Donald Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast.
The president...