WASHINGTON -- Cokie Roberts, a broadcast journalist and political commentator who spoke publicly about her Catholic faith and her admiration for the Sacred Heart sisters who taught her, died Sept. 17 due to complications from breast cancer. She was...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Patrick Tiernan’s adventures in Catholic education began in Los Angeles and continued in high school in San Diego. He decamped for the East Coast after that, heading to Merrimack College north of Boston. He stayed in...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville told Catholics of the archdiocese that his chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments for his cancer will be completed by Oct. 20 and he will be able to return to Louisville then...
PHILADELPHIA — The term “social justice” is on the lips of many pastoral leaders these days.
Dioceses, parishes and religious congregations usually have some sort of social justice coordinator, who advocates for faith-based responses to issues such as immigration, racism,...
SYDNEY — Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sexual abuse offenses, has lodged an application with Australia’s High Court to appeal his guilty verdict.
The application to the country’s highest court is Cardinal...
GREENVILLE — Meghan Malone scored twice, and Rosaleen Cochran and Olivia Billitto had a goal and assist apiece as Wilmington Friends defeated Ursuline, 4-1, in nonconference field hockey on Sept. 16 at Serviam Field. The Quakers remained undefeated with...
After 30 years of drug and alcohol abuse, Pat -- a Philadelphia native with tattooed arms and a Rocky Balboa accent -- made an unlikely new friend: Matt Talbot, an Irish laborer who'd been dead for about a century.
"I'd...
Pope Francis described the church as a "field hospital," and Father Thomas Hoar, who has worked with individuals with addiction at St. Edmund's Retreat in Connecticut since 1993, says this is an apt description for working with those in...
WASHINGTON -- Facing the challenge of the migration crisis will require voices and actions taken up in solidarity with migrants across the globe, said a speaker at a Sept. 11 dialogue on immigration at Georgetown University.
According to statistics reported...
WASHINGTON -- The desire for action on preventing more gun violence may face hurdles in Congress, but those pressing for change are having an effect in the corporate boardroom.
While now may be the moment to effect changes in federal...