Voting is an essential element of a vibrant democracy. Voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election was the highest in several decades, where nearly two-thirds of estimated eligible voters participated in the process.
Factors influencing the turnout included the perceived...
Getting everyone seated for dinner at the same time is an everyday struggle in the Jones household. Between the two adults, toddler and 9-month-old, managing to get all parties seated and strapped in with warm(ish) food on their plates...
My husband's paternal grandfather often said that "life is all about the little things." It is a simple yet profound saying that has passed down through the men in the Grosso family, often cited by my husband to this...
THRISSUR, India -- Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders.
Dozens of priests, scores of nuns and hundreds of laypeople have died during the second...
Liam Furlong, a senior at Salesianum School, has been named a Morehead-Cain Scholar by the University of North Carolina, where he will be a freshman in the fall. The Morehead-Cain Foundation announced 76 recipients of the scholarships.
The scholarship covers...
CHICAGO -- Interfaith leaders in Chicago May 2 rallied against racism and rising incidents of violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, saying all people deserve fair and equal treatment.
The rally at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago in the...
VATICAN CITY – The neighborhood of ivy-draped two-story buildings, cobblestoned streets and Marian shrines adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica is perhaps best-known today for serving gelato and pizza to tourists visiting the Vatican.
History, however, knows the "Borgo" -- as...
MILLTOWN — An eight-run sixth inning, plus another marquis performance from pitcher Graceyn Frost, carried Delaware Military Academy past Saint Mark’s, 10-0, in nonconference softball on May 6. The Seahawks posted their 11th shutout win of the season in...
WASHINGTON -- "The Eucharist must never be instrumentalized for a political end, no matter how important," said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego in a May 5 essay published on the website of America magazine, the Jesuit journal.
Because...
WASHINGTON — A diverse group of Christians, including the nation’s Catholic president and the bishop of the statewide Diocese of Portland, Maine, have offered reflections for the National Day of Prayer, observed on the first Thursday of May each...