CLEVELAND -- Broad reforms that would contribute to greater accountability and transparency regarding church finances are needed to address the financial crisis the church faces and is intensifying because of the coronavirus pandemic, said a report emerging from a...
WASHINGTON -- WAR, what is it good for?
For Edwin Starr, the answer was "absolutely nothin'" -- although "somethin'" might be a better answer, since he had a No. 1 hit with the tune in 1970.
But for Dominican Father Humbert...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Chicago to head the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois.
Bishop Hicks, 52, is vicar general of the Chicago Archdiocese and succeeds Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, who retired in May....
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Cassie Everts remembers the day in 2011 when she mourned in silence after experiencing her third miscarriage.
"I remember sitting at Mass at the Easter Vigil and the priest gave this beautiful homily on how, after...
It is no surprise that Catholic dioceses, parishes, schools and organizations have been profoundly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. With unemployment impacting so many Catholic families, as well as the canceling of Masses and their offertory collections, many Catholic...
WILMINGTON — The St. Francis Advanced Wound Care Center has received the Center of Distinction award from Healogics, the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services. This is the second consecutive year the center has been recognized, according...
When the Diocese of Wilmington stopped holding in-person Masses at its parishes in March, communion was not the only sacrament that the faithful lost access to. Reconciliation also was a casualty of the shutdown.
Since the first weekend in June,...
A special collection to support the Cathedral of St. Peter will be held in the Diocese of Wilmington the weekend of Aug. 15-16.
Father Joseph W. McQuaide IV, rector of the cathedral, taped a message to supporters and asked them...
WILMINGTON — Dozens of priests from the Diocese of Wilmington gathered for a delayed and scaled-down Chrism Mass on July 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington. It was an opportunity for the men also to receive...
CLEVELAND -- Bishop Edward C. Malesic, the newly appointed bishop of Cleveland, said his main desire as he makes the transition from heading the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to shepherding his new diocese is to communicate the joy of...