VATICAN CITY — Religions share an understanding of the importance of caring for people’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs — and this precious insight is especially needed in the field of palliative care, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.
That is why...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Brothers Peter and Eli Hosh grew up knowing that their hometown was not only the place where they went to school and ran down to the corner market for their mother, but the town where...
Jim Murray became the youngest general manager in NFL history without a family connection when he was hired at age 36 by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1974.
Five years before, Murray joined the Eagles’ public relations staff at a time...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Catholic faithful across the United States are being invited to pray for Pope Francis as he celebrates 50 years as a priest.
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 declined to take up a challenge to a Kentucky ultrasound law that requires a physician or qualified technician to perform an ultrasound on a woman seeking an abortion and show the...
VATICAN CITY -- In a move that may signal Pope Francis' plan for the reform of the Roman Curia is close to completion, the pope has named Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila prefect of the Congregation for...
Spirits are high in Talbot County, Md., where a new Ss. Peter and Paul High School is in the works, solidifying the future of the only Catholic high school on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
In November, Father James Nash, the pastor...
WILMINGTON -- More than one hundred people gathered for midday Mass Dec. 9 and a tree lighting for the annual “Lights of Love” program sponsored by the Saint Francis Hospital Junior Board. Bishop Malooly presided.
Hospital administrators, employees, volunteers and...
The first full week of high school winter sports is upon us, and the schedule-makers did not disappoint. On the girls' side, the marquee matchup occurs Thursday at Conrad, where the Red Wolves will host St. Elizabeth. These teams...
Some awfully nice visions of the future are painted in this year's readings for the Second Sunday of Advent -- peace and justice, primarily.
But there are also some words of warning that should preclude any of us from being...