AMMAN, Jordan — Humanitarian concerns are growing as people caught in the crosshairs of the Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria try to flee for safety, and groups are scrambling to aid them.
“There are big concerns about what is going...
LONDON — The Chicago mother healed from a potentially lethal haemorrhage at the intercession of St. John Henry Newman has described his canonization as “the experience of a thousand lifetimes.”
Melissa Villalobos attended the Oct. 13 ceremony at the Vatican...
Sunday Scripture readings, Oct. 20, 2019
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Ex 17:8-13
Psalm 121:1-8
2) 2 Tm 3:14-4:2
Gospel: Lk 18:1-8
Words and the Word both have great power
Some 40 years ago, Daniel Everett mastered what is perhaps one of the only human...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the formation of a "state commission" to work with the Columbus Citizens Foundation and the Diocese of Brooklyn, among others, to fund creation of a statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and...
MAGNOLIA — St. Thomas More put up a good fight against Holly Grove Christian in an ESIAC volleyball match on Oct. 16, but the visiting Eagles left Magnolia with a 3-0 sweep.
Holly Grove jumped out early, taking a 5-1...
Unless you were sleeping last month, you probably caught at least a glimpse of the newsmaking 16-year-old Swede, Greta Thunberg, on her U.S. tour. While on American soil, the environmental activist addressed Congress, attended a global climate strike in...
PHILADELPHIA -- Safe injection sites are "a form of euthanasia," according to a Philadelphia priest who has spent almost 50 years ministering to those suffering from addiction.
Officials are seeking to make Philadelphia the first U.S. city to open a...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine made a surprise announcement during Mass Oct. 11 that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has elevated the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche to national shrine...
WASHINGTON -- The mission and foundation of Catholic education are directly related to evangelization, said the head of the National Catholic Educational Association.
Catholic schools are obligated to evangelize simply because that is the core and mission of the Catholic...
WILMINGTON -- St. Ann Catholic School, home to students Pre-K through 8th grade, is known for its academics and strong parish community. What the school is also known for is being able to send students off feeling ready for...