VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis led prayers for the people of Albania after the country was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake.
"I would like to send my greetings and my closeness to the dear people of Albania who have...
It was a chilly March night in a small Midwestern town. Maybe it was windy, because in my memory the Great Plains are always windy.
I had a room-and-board arrangement in the tiny upstairs of an old lady’s house. She...
Is it my imagination, or has the Christmas shopping season (or "holiday shopping season") extended itself by another few weeks?
What we used to call "Black Friday" sales, beginning the day after Thanksgiving, seem to be creeping back toward early...
Sunday Scripture readings, Dec. 1, 2019
First Sunday of Advent
1) Is 2:1-5
Psalm 122:1-9
2) Rom 13:11-14
Gospel: Mt 24:37-44
God invites us to a different kind of waiting
Waiting takes many forms in daily life. Waiting in rush-hour traffic stretches the virtue of patience....
BRAINTREE, Mass. -- An independent inquiry into St. John's Seminary has been completed, finding some internal shortcomings regarding the governance and culture of the seminary, but no evidence of illegal activities or a culture of sexual misconduct by students...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM JAPAN -- Questions about Vatican finances, especially those involving a real estate deal in London, are serious, but they also are a sign that reforms begun by Pope Benedict XVI are working, Pope Francis...
WILMINGTON – Thanksgiving was still almost a week away, but members of St. Ann’s School’s Children’s Choir were clearly thinking about Turkey Day. The dozen or so students gave up lunch recess to rehearse their song for the Thursday’s...
TOKYO -- Pope Francis spent his last morning in Japan at the Jesuit-run Sophia University, celebrating Mass with his Jesuit confreres, visiting aged members of the Jesuit community and addressing students and staff.
Once again he invoked the spirit of...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Like many other teenagers, A.J. Terry made sure the time she spent in the thematic park during the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis also was about helping others.
Terry, a high school freshman who lives in the...
WILMINGTON -- They were hoping for a "mob" and certainly drew some new faces at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, Nov. 24.
Organizers got an effort off the ground for a “Mass mob,” a gathering of Catholics...