From the first winter bud to the harvest of pockmarked shells in late summer, almonds take time to mature.
One needs to understand the almond's cycle to appreciate its appearance in Scripture, says Marc Turnage, a biblical scholar, author and...
Velvety soft on the outside with sweet crimson flesh within, the fig is a captivating food that makes its biblical debut in Genesis.
Could the fig have been the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the...
WASHINGTON -- As some Catholics are seeking a religious exemption to the coronavirus vaccine mandates that are becoming more common in workplaces and even some public venues, priests in the Archdiocese of New York have been advised not to...
WASHINGTON -- Richard Trumka, 72, president of the AFL-CIO since 2009 and the labor federation's secretary-treasurer for 14 years before that, died Aug. 5 of a heart attack.
The faith of Trumka, a Catholic born to a Polish father and...
WASHINGTON -- The Black priest who is Pax Christi USA's "Teacher of Peace" award recipient for 2021 said white nationalism is "the greatest threat to peace in our time, both nationally and even internationally."
"White nationalism is the existential, visceral...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Knights of Columbus named the Steciak family of Rembieszyce, Poland, as the organization's 2021 International Family of the Year.
The family was recognized for being "deeply involved in the life of the church" by leading...
When I was a child in New Mexico, summer was a time when the social life of the church flourished. Every village in that region of small farms in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains had a...
Family, friends and colleagues of Father Thomas Peterman are preparing for his funeral Mass on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Church in Dover.
The author and historian died Aug. 3 at the age of 90 and...
Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 8, 2021: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) 1 Kgs 19:4-8 Psalm 34:2-9
2) Eph 4:30-5:2 Gospel: Jn 6:41-51
God provides our food for the journey
Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan was imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to solitary confinement...
VATICAN CITY -- Two rescue boats carrying 800 migrants saved from sinking or overcrowded vessels have been forced to roam the international waters of the Mediterranean for more than four days, waiting for permission to dock at a safe...