Sunday Scripture readings, June 28, 2020: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16
Psalm 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19
2) Rom 6:3-4, 8-11
Gospel: Mt 10:37-42
Welcoming the ordinary, recognizing the extraordinary
In this month of June, the church has returned to Ordinary Time...
PHILADELPHIA -- Two Black Catholic pastors in Philadelphia say their parishes are drawing strength from the Eucharist, prayer and a rich spiritual heritage in the fight against racism.
"St. Katharine Drexel used to say, 'We go in to go out,'"...
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Catholic Health Association has urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to pull the United States out of the United Nations' World Health Organization.
"Withdrawing from the organization at the height of the...
ASTON, Pa. — Sister Mary Hugh Black, who spent time teaching in the Diocese of Wilmington, died June 21 in Assisi House. She was 94 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia...
JERUSALEM — The Israeli “military occupation of Palestine” is the “root cause” of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said three retired Christian leaders.
The statement — released amid growing tensions over Israel’s U.S.-sanctioned bid to officially annex parts of the West...
DOVER — The 20th and final graduating class of St. Thomas More Academy gathered at Holy Cross Church on June 22 and were encouraged to carry the legacy of the school with them as they moved on to the...
NEW YORK -- Jean Kennedy Smith, a diplomat, humanitarian and author and the last surviving sibling of the late President John F. Kennedy, died June 17 at her home in Manhattan. She was 92.
President Bill Clinton nominated her to...
ROME — Women religious working “on the front lines,” exposed to the coronavirus yet continuing to care for abandoned children, working to alleviate poverty, providing health care and helping victims of human trafficking are not “super women,” said Comboni...
Although public gatherings have been limited in order to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, many parishes in the Diocese of Wilmington are offering online reflections, Masses and spiritual messages to connect with their parishioners.
Most parishes are also still posting their...
CLEVELAND -- One more Jesuit has had an asteroid named for him.
Father Chris Corbally, a stellar astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, has had his name attached to a rocky body in the asteroid belt that orbits the sun in...