Q: While answering a question about vegetarians and vegans during Lent, you mentioned the requirement for continuing a penance on Fridays, even if not abstaining from meat. Can you explain why? My understanding is that our penance helps us...
PHILADELPHIA -- A professional basketball team's plans to build a new arena have been far from a slam dunk with members of the local Chinese Catholic community, who feel their concerns have been benched.
The Philadelphia 76ers are looking to...
NEWARK — Salesianum held a small lead most of the night when the Sals met Middletown in the second DIAA boys basketball semifinal on March 9, but they just could not shake loose of the Cavaliers. But with the...
On March 17, St. Patrick may get all the noisy notice, but just two days later, Catholics celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph -- spouse of Mary, stepfather to Jesus, and patron saint of the universal church, fathers, workers,...
Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Wilmington are invited to receive the sacrament of reconciliation (confession) at any of the 56 parish churches in Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on Monday, April 3, from 3-8 p.m., during the second...
VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who is on trial at the Vatican for financial malfeasance, tried to get Pope Francis to sign statements saying the cardinal acted with the pope's approval when he used Vatican money to invest...
Seven people, including an unborn baby, were killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in Hamburg, Germany.
According to Hamburg police, a gunman entered the hall March 9 in the evening and "several people were fatally injured,...
WASHINGTON-- The Biden administration is reportedly weighing whether to reinstate a policy of detaining migrant families who cross the border without authorization, a practice President Joe Biden condemned and ended when he took office. Catholic immigration advocates have vocally...
WASHINGTON -- Fox News host Tucker Carlson sparked bipartisan controversy on Capitol Hill after a March 6 package on his program "Tucker Carlson Tonight" depicted the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as "mostly peaceful chaos." Catholic political observers called...
“Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest of the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us.” — St. Alphonsus Ligouri
To help the faithful observe Lent in...