WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed in a July 1 court filing to postpone implementation of a new conscience protection rule "because it is the most efficient way to adjudicate the final rule on...
PEORIA, Ill. -- With "overwhelming joy," Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced July 6 that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
"Now that the miracle has been confirmed by Pope...
CINCINNATI -- A federal judge July 3 granted a preliminary injunction blocking an Ohio ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Judge Michael Barrett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio said in 12-page...
Divine providence names how God interacts with us and our universe: "God cares for all, from the least things to the great events of the world and its history" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 303).
Yet this belief in...
What does God do the whole day long? Sure, it's a mystery. But God hardly is sleeping, resting far from the complex, often painful realities of our lives. Does it sound plausible that God's presence in our world could...
ASTORIA, N.Y. -- Family, friends and hundreds of service members in uniform remembered the heroism and self-sacrifice of Luis Alvarez during an emotional funeral Mass for him at Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria in New York City borough of...
News outlets are reporting the death of Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate Eva Mozes Kor, who passed away while in Poland on an annual trip to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp. She was 85 years old.
Here is Mike Lang's...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria, the Vatican said. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts.
At...
WILMINGTON - Several students started the summer on a theatrical note, taking part in Shoestring Productions of Brandywine Valley's annual summer showcase. This year, the group performed 'Fables," based on the work of Aesop.
The original musical traveled around northern...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 7, 2019
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle C
1) Is 66:10-14
Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20
2) Gal 6:14-18
Gospel: Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9
The power of Jesus death and resurrection in our lives
Through Jesus' death on the cross, St. Paul...