Sunday Scripture readings, Oct. 16, 2022: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Ex 17:8-13 Psalm 121:1-8
2) 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 Gospel: Lk 18:1-8
Let us resolve to persevere daily in the wisdom of God's word
Some years ago, I visited the Church of San...
GARNET VALLEY, Pa. — The Padua volleyball team has just one player who was a full-time starter last season, but they continue to challenge themselves on the court with a very demanding schedule. The Pandas traveled north of the...
MILLTOWN — Carly Timblin sent her serve toward the Saint Mark’s volleyball team and watched as it deflected off a forearm and high toward the bleachers behind the Spartans’ bench. She and her teammates from Smyrna turned toward each...
The bishops of Michigan's seven Catholic dioceses are urging voters to reject Proposal 3, which they warn is "the most extreme proposal concerning abortion this state or country has ever seen."
Proposal 3, also known as the "Reproductive Freedom for...
WASHINGTON -- Colorado baker Jack Phillips, whose refusal to make a same-sex wedding cake on religious grounds went to the Supreme Court, is currently fighting a ruling that he violated the state's anti-discrimination law for refusing to bake a...
The families of the Downtown Catholic Churches (Cathedral of St. Peter, St. Mary and St. Patrick) held a “Shower of Love” Oct. 2 at St. Patrick Hall to benefit the babies at Bayard House.
Donations of diapers, clothing, bottles, baby...
MIAMI-- With the full picture of the widespread fallout and damages Hurricane Ian brought to southwest Florida still coming into focus, the Miami region looks on with a collective sigh of relief: What if that had hit here?
From Naples,...
As we gather this morning in the beautiful Church of St. Elizabeth, please permit me to express on behalf of the Diocese of Wilmington, of our Bishop Emeritus, Bishop Malooly, the priests, religious and lay faithful, our great gratitude...
SEATTLE-- Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Oct. 7 he is "increasingly troubled" by Russia's war against Ukraine and said Russian President Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible threats" to use nuclear weapons "are of grave concern."
"Nearly every day, there is another...
ASTON, Pa. — Sister Helen Ann Gaidos, formerly Sister John Andre, died Oct. 8 in Assisi House. She was 91 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 73 years.
Sister Helen, a...