WASHINGTON -- Citing regulations to circumvent Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's related Aug. 3 emergency order, Montgomery County's health officer issued a new directive Aug. 5 again stating that due to increasing rates in the spread of COVID-19, nonpublic schools...
By Hosffman Ospino
No, I am not saying farewell. I do not plan to stop writing this column any time soon. As long as there are unsettled questions about faith, life and culture, and readers willing to engage them,...
VATICAN CITY -- The drastic reduction in people's mobility because of the COVID-19 pandemic could be an opportunity for moving one's heart and mind instead -- and for finding other ways to be close to and supportive of those...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has sent 250,000 euros ($295,000) to Lebanon to help the Catholic Church and Catholic charitable organizations assist people impacted by the massive explosion Aug. 4 in Beirut.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said...
Homily for August 9, 2020
By Father Gregory Corrigan
Pastor, Parish of the Resurrection
God speaks to us all the time. But we can be so busy, so distracted, and so overwhelmed, that we can’t even think straight. We know that computers...
DUBLIN -- Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, has hailed political leader John Hume as a "paragon of peace" for his key role in bringing an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Hume, 83, died early Aug. 3,...
WASHINGTON -- Father Christopher Heanue started his morning July 27 by celebrating Mass at 5 a.m. and then took off on a 100-mile bike ride.
It wasn't just any ride. Father Heanue called his journey "100 Miles of Hope," which...
VATICAN CITY-- For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate entire cities and countries, Pope Francis said on the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
"May the prophetic voices"...
High school sports will not begin until December under a proposal adopted by the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association at a special meeting Aug. 6. The vote to go with a condensed-season model was 15 in favor with one abstention....
The opportunity to learn is one of the gifts I appreciate most in life. The process can be difficult, but knowledge, once earned, is ever-present and can be brought to bear in myriad life situations.
In recent months, as someone...