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A pandemic can be rough on your faith. I hope you laughed at my "stating the obvious." We are all finding new rhythms and new ways to live this "new normal." Weekly Mass was my stronghold for renewing my faith...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Father Michel J. Mulloy -- who had been appointed but not installed as bishop of Duluth, Minnesota -- after an allegation of sexual abuse was raised against him from the...
"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope" (1 Pt 3:15). Six Jesuits in our province infirmary in Philadelphia died from the coronavirus early on in the pandemic. Several weeks...
Churches of the Diocese of Wilmington celebrated Mass in-person through the Labor Day weekend even as the coronavirus pandemic continued to restrict attendance. In-person Mass resumed at the end of May in the Maryland portion of the diocese and beginning...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will travel to Assisi Oct. 3 to sign an encyclical on the social, political and economic obligations that flow from a belief that all people are children of God and therefore brothers and sisters...
WASHINGTON -- The 2020 edition of the annual "Gaudium et Spes Labor Report" issued by the Catholic Labor Network has found more than 600 Catholic institutions with unionized workforces. There are some recent organizing victories, said Clayton Sinyai, executive director...
When my kids were little, they went to our parish school, and after I dropped them off, I often stayed for morning Mass. Maria, who was around 3 years old, would accompany me. Maria loved Father Dan, our pastor. During...
BELOIT, Kan. -- Home schooling was not something the Ring family in Beloit set out to do long term. "It happened by accident," is how Amanda Ring, the mother, explained it. And now, amid COVID-19 restrictions, they find they are...
CHALATENANGO, El SalvadorĀ  -- On a bright and clear January afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked into a cemetery and gently dusted off a white name plate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. Making plans for the...
Economy must place people above 'idols of finance,' pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As many people around the world face economic uncertainty due to the pandemic, a paradigm shift is needed that places the good of the many over...