By RICHARD DOERFLINGER
"You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts." This observation, attributed to Democratic politician Daniel Patrick Moynihan, comes to mind as I see warring opinions about the Trump administration’s...
WHEELING, W.Va. -- People from around the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston already have a good feeling about their new shepherd, Bishop Mark E. Brennan, who was installed Aug. 22 as the ninth bishop of the diocese.
Ron and Jenny Gaither came...
WILMINGTON – Donte DiVincenzo was the most outstanding player in an NCAA basketball championship game and the 17th overall pick in the 2018 National Basketball Association draft. But the Newark native and Salesianum School graduate put his pro career...
VATICAN CITY — Christians who focus more on being superficially close to the church rather than care for their fellow brothers and sisters are like tourists who wander around aimlessly, Pope Francis said.
People “who are always passing by but...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has moved to cast aside an agreement that previously limited the amount of time the government could detain migrant children.
On Aug. 21, officials announced new rules that would allow federal officials to detain minors...
WASHINGTON — A globetrotting warrior for life and human dignity has taken up a new gauntlet as president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, where he will use his global expertise and Catholic bioethics education to defend against what...
Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 25, 2019
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Is 66:18-21
Psalm 117:1,2
2) Heb 12:5-7, 11-13
Gospel: Lk 13:22-30
Find strength to run a spiritual marathon
When a neighbor announced she planned to run a marathon, her motivation impressed us all. Even...
Two men from St. Benedict Parish in Ridgely, Md., and its mission, St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Denton, begin priestly formation in a few weeks.
Peter Schirmer, 23, will be studying for the diocese in the college seminary program at...
Deacon Joe Cilia, from Church of the Holy Child in Wilmington, will conduct a prayer service at the graveside of 63 aborted children at Cathedral Cemetery, 2400 Lancaster Avenue in Wilmington on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 9:45 a.m.
The half-hour...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian appeals court upheld the conviction of Cardinal George Pell on five counts of sexually assaulting two choirboys more than two decades ago.
A three-judge panel of the Appeals Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria...