Q: My dad gives up chocolate every year for both Lent and Advent. I always tell him that this is weird and that we're not supposed to give things up for Advent, only Lent. Which one of us is...
During an adult religious education session, the instructor was discussing the Immaculate Conception and said that the Blessed Mother was conceived without original sin, born without sin and lived without sin. One of those listening immediately responded: "Oh no,...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV asked Canadian singer Michael Bublé and other artists to do their very best when performing a Christmas concert for the poor.
The annual concert at the Vatican "is not merely a performance by talented...
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee!" Uttered by the heavenly messenger Gabriel to a Jewish maiden (Lk 1:28), these words, of course, make up the first phrase of the Hail Mary.
The second phrase of that...
GREENVILLE – The Saint Mark's girls basketball team trailed A.I. duPont after one quarter of their opener on Dec. 4, but the Spartans took care of that in short order and went on to a 65-42 win in the...
In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a time of uncertainty, war, and tribulation.
Yet in "Spes Non Confundit" ("Hope Does Not Disappoint"), the pope unknowingly...
A Catholic bishop in South Sudan said the young and wounded nation was living the parable of Christmas, although violence, poverty and divisions appeared to suffocate hope.
Bishop Christian Carlassare of Bentiu delivered an early Christmas message as Advent began...
The Holy See's diplomatic mission to the United Nations called for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine "not at some undefined moment in the future, but right now."
Msgr. Robert Murphy, chargé d'affaires of the Holy See's U.N. permanent...
WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. military archdiocese on Dec. 3 urged respect for the human person and the rule of law amid new questions about the legality of a deadly U.S. military attack Sept. 2 on a...
WILMINGTON — A sellout crowd packed Father Birkenheuer Gymnasium on Dec. 3 as a new season of Salesianum basketball got under way. Many in the throng were there to see Mason Collins, the highly touted sophomore who arrived at...