"This is the night," the church sings out again and again in a poetic hymn dating far back in Christian history called the Exsultet. It is heard each year in Catholic churches during the Easter Vigil marking the commencement...
Her official name in the Congregation for Causes of Saints is St. Teresa of Calcutta, but for the generation of Catholics growing up in the late 20th century, she will always be "Mother" Teresa, the tireless advocate for the...
Bishop Malooly celebrated Palm Sunday Mass from the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Wilmington at 4 p.m. April 4 as public Masses in the Diocese of Wilmington are suspended as part of an effort to limit the spread of...
St. Casilda of Toledo was the daughter of Moorish king Yahya ibn Ismail al-Mamun, who ruled when parts of northern Spain were under Muslim control in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
Casilda was well known for her kindness to Christian...
By Bob Krebs
In 2004, with the Mel Gibson film The Passion of the Christ on everyone’s minds, I was looking for a new and interesting way to present the Passion on the Catholic Forum radio program (that was before...
Gov. Larry Hogan in Maryland is hoping people have the chance to remember their faith even though government regulations have restricted public gatherings and led to the closing of churches.
While it is currently unsafe to gather together in churches,...
She was just eleven years old, but she forgave her murderer as she lay on her deathbed. Young Catholic girls all over the world revere St. Maria Goretti as a model of chastity and a martyr for her faith....
WASHINGTON -- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has invited U.S. Catholics to join him on Good Friday, April 10, to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart at noon...
The list of events postponed or otherwise affected by the coronavirus-forced shutdown is a long one, and for some organizations, but some organizations are trying to blunt the negative by adapting to the current reality. That is the case...
By Sister Constance Veit
Little Sisters of the Poor
We Little Sisters of the Poor would like to thank everyone who has reached out with offers of donations and the support of their prayers. We cannot adequately express how grateful we...