We know what major opinion polls tell us about abortion. Americans are about evenly divided in being “pro-life” or “pro-choice.” Many think it’s wrong but should be a woman’s choice. Many say they support the Supreme Court’s Roe v....
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana priests that support each other with ongoing camaraderie and spiritual nourishment are now also providing very essential hurricane relief to priests and the parishes they serve in areas that were devastated by recent storm damage.
Just...
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis’ efforts to bring reform in the Catholic Church are meeting resistance in some church circles, according to one panelist at an Aug. 31 online forum sponsored by Georgetown University’s Office of the Vice President for...
WASHINGTON -- On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, college student Aalayah Eastmond, of Trinity Washington University, spoke of her dream Aug. 28, at the place where iconic civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his...
NEWARK — The drive to work takes her in a slightly different direction, but for Mary Elizabeth Muir, the destination remains the same. Muir is the new principal at Holy Angels School in Newark after four years in the...
WASHINGTON -- John Thompson, the Hall of Fame college basketball coach who guided Georgetown University in Washington to a national championship in 1984, died Aug. 31 at age 78. No cause of death was given.
He was the first African...
Recognition of Catholic school educators was part of "Spirituality Day" in the Diocese of Wilmington Aug. 31 at Saint Mark's High School.
The following educators are recognized for their ministry in Catholic Schools.
Five Years
Laura Angelo
Saint Anthony of Padua School
Rosemarie Anuinas
Most...
"Spirituality Day" traditionally kicks off the Catholic school year in the Diocese of Wilmington and while coronavirus has done its best to derail so many cherished routines, this milestone came off without a hitch at Saint Mark's High School.
And...
Unlike many Catholics who flocked to central Appalachia in the wake of "This Land Is Home to Me," the 1975 Appalachian bishops' pastoral letter, I was a native. As a 10th generation West Virginian, I grew up immersed in...
Many people suffer the loss of "a sense of place" when a region that is like home to them is exploited or abused in large ways.
Places that afford us a sense of place have played major roles in our...