The Dialog
Chaplains care for soldiers’ religious, morale needs, says chief
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Soldiers "are making life and death decisions" every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military chaplains "are out there in the...
Pope decries hedonism denigrating women
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to prostitution and pornography, saying the practices denigrate women and represent "a serious lack...
Three years in prison for theft from parishes
On Nov. 4, Father Cornelius J. Breslin, a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington, was sentenced to 10 years with seven years suspended for theft...
At audience, pope prays G-20 summit will help world’s poor
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI prayed that a summit of the leaders of countries with the world's largest economies would find...
All Saints wins first CYM sports championship
The girls cross country team at All Saints Catholic School won the 2011 Catholic Youth Ministry championship, which was held Oct. 30 on a...
Halloween at St. E’s helps St. Martin’s Barn
St. Elizabeth High School seniors kicked off the school’s Thanksgiving food drive for St. Martin’s Barn in Ridgely, Md., by dressing up for Halloween....
Visit a cemetery, become a winner
On Cemetery Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, the Catholic Cemeteries of the diocese will have special office hours and hold a $500 American Express gift...
Focusing on what remains after a tragic loss
By Gary Morton
Special to The Dialog
Thirty-six years ago Paula D’Arcy found herself in a strange predicament, shrouded by death yet absorbed by new life.
In...
The value of a viewing and praying for the dead
As a youngster I experienced the deaths of my paternal grandmother, a cousin who was killed in an automobile accident and a babysitter from...
Among Assisi participants, a sense of wider crisis in society
Catholic News Service
ASSISI, Italy — A common thread ran through many of the speeches and invocations of this year's "prayer for peace" encounter in...