VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The sacraments are gifts from God that are given freely and are not a way for the church to fill up its coffers to cover expenses, Pope Francis said.
"Sometimes," he said, "I have seen --...
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Acting on his promise to find new ways to support survivors of clerical sexual abuse, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announced Nov. 8 that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is creating a new reparations program open to anyone...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of De La Salle Christian Brother James Miller, who was born in Wisconsin and was shot to death in Guatemala in 1982.
The recognition of the martyrdom of Brother James,...
PIKE CREEK – Maddie Matheny of Wilmington Charter swung her right arm, sending the volleyball back toward Padua with a trip to the state championship on the line. The Pandas' defenders got their hands on the ball, but on...
PIKE CREEK – Archmere and Ursuline put on quite a show in the first semifinal of the DIAA state volleyball tournament on Nov. 8 at St. Mark's High School. The teams split the first two sets before the Auks...
SAO PAULO — Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a Catholic who campaigned to rid the nation of corruption, will take office Jan. 1 with a conservative moral agenda.
“I want to thank God for this mission, because Brazil is in a...
NEWARK – Each Monday afternoon, as the parking lot at Holy Angels School is controlled chaos with scores of cars waiting to ferry students home, there is a bit of calm on the second floor. There, 15 students spend...
VATICAN CITY — It is a horrible disgrace that in the 21st century, millions of people still do not have access to clean drinking water and so many become ill or die from contaminated water sources, Pope Francis said.
“Unfortunately,...
WASHINGTON — Jews worldwide will remember the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
In a direct German translation, it means “Crystal Night,” but it is more commonly thought of as “Night of Broken Glass,” as Nazis and their sympathizers rampaged through Nazi...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- After a shooting spree late Nov. 7 at a country-music bar in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles from the heart of Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles asked people to "pray hard"...