WILMINGTON – St. Elizabeth’s girls basketball team welcomed back a key piece of their puzzle on Jan. 3, and Ber’Nyah Mayo didn’t take long to inject herself into the Vikings’ offense. Mayo took a pass off the opening tip...
WASHINGTON -- Anthony McCarten is a double-dipper. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The Catholic writer first wrote a nonfiction book called "The Two Popes," then was commissioned to write its fictional screenplay, which centers on fly-on-the-wall conversations between...
VATICAN CITY -- Health care professionals always must "promote the dignity and life of each person and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal illness," Pope...
AMMAN, Jordan -- Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran, following the U.S.-targeted killing in Baghdad of Iran's top general, Qassem Soleimani.
"We prayed during...
Catholics wanting to serve our country in the legal system are coming under intense scrutiny.
In 2017, University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett was grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about her Catholic faith. Sen....
As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety.
Soaring temperatures, often higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and...
I once read an interview with a pastor who said that the most important thing a parent can say to a child is often, "I don't know."
His words rattled me as a parent. Wasn't my job to fill my...
LOS ANGELES -- Decrying the acts of religious violence that have taken place during the Christmas season, the president of the U.S. bishops declared: "Violence in the name of God is blasphemy."
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, chosen...
Catholic, Christian, Muslim voices condemn knife attack on N.Y. rabbi
WASHINGTON -- A host of voices from throughout the religious spectrum condemned the Dec. 28 knife attack at the suburban New York City home of a Hasidic rabbi that wounded...
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Richard B. Higgins, the episcopal vicar for veterans affairs of the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
The retirement of Bishop Higgins, who reached the normal retirement age of 75...