NEW YORK — Utilizing personal stories from his interactions with the New York Police Department, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a newspaper column that the city’s police officers deserve better treatment and broad support on the job.
Writing July...
Have you started going back to Mass yet?
Recently I went to my first Mass in three months. I had been watching Masses livestreamed weekly, but of course it didn’t feel the same. I looked forward to being able to...
VATICAN CITY — Concern and frustration with delayed and failed responses to abuse scandals in Poland culminated in a desperate appeal to Pope Francis to help “rebuild our church.”
More than 600 Polish lay Catholics pooled together enough money to...
By Sister Constance Veit, LSP
There is great irony in the twists and turns of our journey through COVID-19. Despite the obvious simplicity of the three basic means of limiting the spread of the virus – hand washing, social distancing...
Despite reports of heavy crowds in Delaware’s resort towns and Ocean City, Md., priests in the Ocean Deanery say there’s still room in their pews for Catholics who want to attend Mass. Whether that’s the case this weekend, however,...
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with the U.S. and Israeli ambassadors to the Vatican to express concern that “possible unilateral actions” on their part would further jeopardize peace in the region.
“The Holy See...
Wilmington — Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington is expanding its hours and locations for emergency food assistance. Added locations include the main, Dover and Georgetown offices. Expanded hours at the Thrift Center, Casa San Francisco and Seton...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – The sounds of bouncing basketballs and children’s voices filled the fieldhouse at St. Edmond’s Academy earlier this week, signaling at least a step toward a normal summer. It was close, but the school in north Wilmington...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 5, 2020: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Zec 9:9-10
Psalm 145: 1-2, 8-11, 13-14
2) Rom 8:9, 11-13
Gospel: Mt 11:25-30
Connecting to the Spirit within us
One of my sons lives on an unpaved country road. If I visit...
The Catholic Church never taught me how to fight racism.
As a cradle Catholic, the church taught me how to fight abortion, poverty, hunger, violence and even the degradation of the environment.
I learned about the power of prayer. I saw...