Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 4, 2019
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle C
1) Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23
Psalm 90:3-6, 12-14, 17
2) Col 3:1-5, 9-11
Gospel: Lk 12:13-21
What it means to be rich
Today's first reading and Gospel criticize focusing attention on getting rich.
Some of us...
METUCHEN, N.J. -- New Jersey's new law allowing assisted suicide, effective Aug. 1, "points to an "utter failure" on the part of government and indeed all society, said Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen.
It is the failure "to care...
Fathers Carlos Ochoa and Glenn Evers were joined by Bishop Malooly and others from the Diocese of Wilmington and beyond July 30 for Region 4 V Encuentro.
The event held in Wilmington included members from the region, which encompasses the...
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y.-- Franciscan Brother F. Edward Coughlin, president of Siena College for the past five years, died July 30 following complications from nonemergency heart surgery at UR Medicine-Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
He suffered a catastrophic stroke following an aortic...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A federal judge July 26 dismissed a $250 million lawsuit against The Washington Post by a Kentucky Catholic high school student, ruling the newspaper's articles and tweets about the student's actions after the annual March for...
I want to talk about the "Equality Act" (H.R. 5) approved by the House of Representatives this spring. But first a disclaimer.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church reaffirms that homosexual acts are not morally acceptable -- and it teaches...
By Hosffman Ospino
To speak of immigration and refugees in the United States of America at this historical juncture is risky business. One never knows where one’s conversation partner stands on this question. One does not know whether one will...
Father Thomas J. Gillespie, OSFS, professed member of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for 68 years, died on July 27, 2019.
Father was born in Elkins Park, PA, on January 16, 1932, the son...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican press office said that the results of a morphological analysis of bones and bone fragments found at an ossuary in a Vatican cemetery concluded that none belonged to Emanuela Orlandi, a young Italian woman...
CORDOVA, MD. - Let the jousting begin.
A century and a half of tradition was nearly lost this year, but the Old St. Joseph’s Jousting Tournament and Horse Show will continue. The ring jousting tournament will be held on Aug....