What was the first prayer you learned?
For many of us, it was the Lord's Prayer.
And we may have learned it because it's in the Mass and has been for a long time.
Two versions of the prayer exist in the...
SMYRNA – Salesianum used a scorching second quarter to open up a big lead, then made a bunch of free throws down the stretch in a 67-53 win at Smyrna on Feb. 2. Four players scored in double figures...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court received an emergency request in late January to put on hold a Louisiana restriction on abortion providers.
The law, set to go into effect Feb. 4, requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting...
PHILADELPHIA — "Changes of heart and mind and culture" are needed to move the Catholic Church from anger over the clergy sexual abuse crisis to justice, reform and personal renewal among the faithful.
That was the assessment of Kim Daniels,...
NEW YORK -- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan in a Sirius XM broadcast Jan. 29 criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his "stinging criticism of the Catholic Church" in singling out Catholics over the crisis surrounding the sexual abuse...
Endure hard times by remembering God's love, his promise, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Being a Christian does not mean life will be just a big endless party, Pope Francis said.
There will be good times and bad as well...
HOUSTON -- In a step to restore trust in the Catholic Church, dioceses in Texas released their lists of priests against whom credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been determined.
The 15 dioceses disclosed Jan. 31 the...
WASHINGTON — Charles Schulz, in his “Peanuts” comic strip, coined the adage, “Happiness is a warm puppy.”
However, the results of a wide-ranging study that surveyed the attitudes of people in as many as 35 countries suggest that happiness is...
BEAR – The Archmere boys basketball team inched closer to winning the Diamond State Athletic Conference with a huge 55-50 road win over Red Lion on Jan. 31. It was Archmere's second win over the Lions this season; they...
VATICAN CITY — A priest must be able to see the people around him as his children, as brothers and sisters, and must be willing to risk everything for them out of love, Pope Francis said in his morning...