The most panic-inducing question I've ever encountered as a Catholic is the inevitable: "What are you giving up for Lent?"
As an indecisive procrastinator, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday are filled with growing anxiety as I struggle to...
As Catholics, our lives shift a bit during the season of Lent, as is visibly marked on Ash Wednesday with ashes on our foreheads. Something is different about this time of year. And it should be.
Lent offers us a...
It's a fairy-tale story of a princess who fell in love and married the man of her dreams — and who also shunned wealth and helped the poor. Meet St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
Princess Elizabeth was born in 1207 to...
NEWARK — Heading into the final event of the night, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the DIAA girls state swimming and diving championship hung in the balance. Whichever of the top four teams in the standings took that race would...
Women of a previous generation will recall hearing the story in Catholic school of St. Agnes of Rome, a model of faith and chastity for young girls to emulate.
Because Agnes lived in the third century, very little is known...
DOVER – Several Catholic high schools have earned berths in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association girls and boys basketball tournaments, which will begin Tuesday at eight campus sites.
Five girls teams made the tournament, led by St. Elizabeth, the fifth...
WASHINGTON -- During a Feb. 27 congressional hearing about the status of the nation's refugee program, Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington quoted someone who is not frequently mentioned on Capitol Hill: Pope Francis.
"Today I am here to...
WASHINGTON -- Regular Massgoers in some parts of the country have been tracked using cellphone location data by at least one organization looking to turn out voters to support specific political candidates.
Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote, a political action...
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” ― St. Catherine of Siena
What an amazing quote from St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and mystic. She seems to be telling us that by...
"Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul -- A Christian Guide to Fasting" by Jay W. Richards. HarperOne (San Francisco, 2020). 352 pp., $19.99.
As recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Satan's first temptation of...