VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis reminded elderly and ill priests that they need not be afraid of suffering because Christ is always there to help them carry that cross.
With God's grace, their situation, which was made even more difficult...
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops and diocesan tribunals are making steady progress in implementing Pope Francis’ reforms to make the annulment process quicker, but it is taking longer to achieve the pope’s goal of making the process less expensive...
Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 20, 2020
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Is 55:6-9
Psalm 145: 2-3, 8-9, 17-18
2) Phil 1:20-24, 27
Gospel: Mt 20:1-16
God's generosity is unbounded
The pandemic has brought out the worst and the best in people. As the virus spread...
The annual Blue Mass to honor those who serve our community in the public safety sector (police, fire, EMS, and military), will be Friday, Oct. 2 at 11 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth Church, Cedar and Clayton Streets, in Wilmington.
Although...
WILMINGTON — Brendan Kennealey, the first lay president of Salesianum School, will be stepping down at the end of the current academic year, the school has announced. Kennealey has been at the school for 10 years.
According to Nicholas M....
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Whether Catholic voters favor a candidate most in line with their own basket of priority issues or whether they look for character and competency or just look to party affiliation, the Catholic electorate has...
WASHINGTON -- Authorities in El Paso, Texas, have apprehended a suspect who is said to have entered the border city's St. Patrick Cathedral Sept. 15 and destroyed an almost 90-year statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
"I am devastated at...
READING, Pa. — Sister Laetitia Okoniewski, 101, a member of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of St. Francis, died Sept. 15 at St. Joseph Villa in Reading, Pa., where she had lived since 2014. Sister Laetitia grew...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- At a time when all people are yearning for a message of hope, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington wants the church to be ready to use all manner of media to proclaim the good news...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sided Sept. 14 with President Donald Trump's plan to end a particular immigration protection status that would have allowed people from six countries that have suffered disasters to...