BEAR — St. Elizabeth’s field hockey game at Hodgson on Oct. 8 did not get off to the best start for the Vikings. Mere minutes into the game, the Silver Eagles took the lead off a penalty corner when...
The phone call jarred me awake at 6:20 a.m. I am not a morning person and because there have been so many robocalls lately, I did not immediately spring up to answer. However, because family members live quite a...
Like students taking a test, we often assign God to boxes without realizing it: God will be present at church, in Mass or in class. But we can forget that Emmanuel is with us everywhere and always.
The New Testament...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will not be going to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, as he had hoped.
The Vatican released a statement Oct. 8 saying the Holy See delegation for the COP26 summit Oct....
For my junior high school graduation ceremony, our class of 700-plus was assigned to write on the topic, "Man: Architect of His Future." The best of our work would then be culled into a cohesive set of speeches.
This was...
The church's teaching on war begins and ends with its teaching on peace. Building peace does not ultimately rely upon weapons. Peace is built upon human rights and social justice.
Peace is both the starting point and the ultimate goal...
WILMINGTON — The St. Elizabeth football team spent what seemed like the entire second half of its game Oct. 7 against Indian River on defense, trying to keep IR at bay. The Indians had cut the Vikings’ lead to...
WASHINGTON — The percentage of Catholic Americans who viewed Pope Francis favorably in September differs little, if at all, from the results of a similar poll conducted in March.
The Pew Research Center reported Oct. 7 that 83% of U.S....
ROME — Standing in front of Rome’s Colosseum, Pope Francis called on members of all the world’s religions to be courageous enough to set aside self-centeredness and instead live with true and active compassion for the victims of war...
After years of watching cultural trends in the U.S. Catholic Church and the nation overall, Bishop Louis F. Kihneman III of Biloxi, Miss., came to a stark realization.
To survive and flourish in an increasingly secular climate, he said, the...