RIDGELY, Md. — Laughter was the dominant noise during the most recent 'Pass the Word,' a program designed to introduce high school boys to the vocation stories of diocesan priests and seminarians, and perhaps get them to consider whether...
BUFFALO, N.Y -- Facing dozens of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by clergy, the Diocese of Buffalo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The diocese announced the action in a news release as attorneys filed the case Feb. 28...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has set up a task force of qualified experts and canon lawyers to help bishops' conferences and congregations of men and women religious with drawing up or revising guidelines for the protection of minors.
The...
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Father Ramon Bejarano, a priest of the Diocese of Stockton, Calif., to be an auxiliary bishop of San Diego.
He also has named three New Jersey priests — Msgr. Gregory J. Studerus, Benedictine Father...
VATICAN CITY — Confronting and not giving in to bitterness helps priests realize that they are not all-powerful beings but sinners who have been forgiven and called by God, Pope Francis said.
Bitterness is “a subtle enemy” that hides and...
NEW CASTLE — February is a special month at Serviam Girls Academy. The students at the New Castle School — many of whom are African American or Latino — always find a unique way to celebrate Black History Month,...
Sunday Scripture reading, March 1, 2020: First Sunday of Lent
1) Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Psalm 51:3-6, 12-13, 17
2) Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19
Gospel: Mt 4:1-11
What place does God hold in our lives?
Our first reading contains a symbolic story in which a...
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, known as “The Lily of the Mohawks,” is part of the early Catholic history of North America in the 17th century. She was the first Native American to be canonized.
Born to an Algonquin Christian mother and...
BALTIMORE -- One of America's biggest cultural and moral divides is about to be embodied in a shared wall of two Baltimore buildings with very different missions.
On one side, a long-established Planned Parenthood center will continue offering abortion services.
On...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Hundreds of people rallied through the streets of Annapolis Feb. 24 for the annual Maryland March for Life, urging more state-level restrictions on abortion and opposing a bill that would make doctor-assisted suicide legal in the...