WASHINGTON — As part of what seems to be a new trend for the Supreme Court, it will once again take up a religious liberty case in its new term with oral arguments Nov. 4 in a case about...
WHEELING, W.Va. — Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, former head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, was told to publicly apologize to West Virginia Catholics and repay the diocese $441,000.
The Congregation for Bishops in Rome reached this decision on how Bishop...
VATICAN CITY — Given the many criminal organizations and gangs worldwide that have distorted the true role and image of Mary, a pontifical academy has unveiled a new department dedicated to fighting “this deviant spirituality.”
The Pontifical Marian International Academy...
OCEAN CITY, Md. -- The annual blessing of the water came to this seaside resort a couple of days later than usual at the familiar surfside location.
The event celebrates the importance of the water for tourists, businesses and fishermen...
Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 23, 2020
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Is 22:19-23
Psalm 138:1-3, 6, 8
2) Rom 11:33-36
Gospel: Mt 16:13-20
Like any good teacher, Jesus challenges us
Jesus, the Son of God, was a master teacher. In the four Gospels, the title...
NEWARK, N.J. -- Social distancing during this ongoing pandemic "is necessary for the common good," said Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, "but we need to counter this with a dramatic increase in what Pope Francis calls 'spiritual closeness.'"
"How...
BALTIMORE -- The lives and spirituality of the Redemptorists were woven into the ordination Mass of Baltimore's new auxiliary, Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, a member of the international religious order whose founder told his confreres they should resist honors...
When my husband and I married, we had just completed a volunteer commitment with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, teaching school in the Alaskan Bush at a Jesuit boarding school in a remote village.
Then, we chose to live in the...
School starts soon, and it will be unlike anything we have ever experienced. Catholic University will have only freshmen on campus. Other students begin classes on Zoom. We are more open than most other universities in town; except for...
GLASGOW — For the first time since before it opened in 2002, Christ the Teacher Catholic School will have a new principal. But Stephen Adams, who succeeds Mercy Sister LaVerne King, is no stranger to Catholic schools in general...