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We try not to toot our own horn around here, but the photo on this Facebook post caught our eye. These second graders at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School are posing with the Jan. 23 Catholic Schools Week edition...
While the social teaching of the Catholic Church -- including that of several popes -- has long supported the philosophy of labor unions in the private and public sector, such an imprimatur hasn't always extended in practice to the...
Archbishop Sarah Mullally was confirmed as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England's first female to lead the Anglicans. "She is the first woman to hold the office in its 1,400-year history," the Diocese of Canterbury said in...
Q: The Anglican church is elevating its first woman to the role of archbishop of Canterbury, the chief diocese of the Church of England. Theologically, do we as Catholics see this as a problem? A: I think the answer here...
For most of us, entering our parish church is like walking into our home. We know where everything is located, the pictures on the wall, the furniture, our favorite seat. Even when we go to another church, the surroundings...
It was a clunky start to Catholic Schools Week, through no fault of energized students and staff at schools throughout the Diocese of Wilmington. You can thank the snow and ever-present ice floes that followed. Through most of the diocese, it...
Pope Leo XIV recently published his first Message for World Communications Day, which will be celebrated this year on May 17. Entitled “Preserving Human Voices and Faces,” the five-page document elaborates upon a fundamental concern of this papacy and...
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A key national pro-life group has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of undermining Louisiana's efforts to roll back the Biden administration's eased restrictions on mifepristone when it asked a court to pause the Pelican...
By Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki, OSV News If you asked, "What does Christianity have to say about the Olympics?", most people would probably shrug and say, "Not much," not seeing any real connection between a seemingly secular athletic tournament and...
As fears of a return to full-scale war in South Sudan escalate, Catholic bishops in the country have reiterated their call for peace and dialogue, amid fighting and mobilization in parts of the country. Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of...