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WASHINGTON -- Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington encouraged archdiocesan parishes to participate in a six-week "Season of Healing" to counter what he called "confusion, disappointment and disunity" and to help bring about healing in the wake of recent...
The Ursuline volleyball team was thrilled to end the school’s championship drought last November. A lasting reminder hangs in the gymnasium, but the players are trying to look forward, not back. “It was super-amazing to win and to get that...
When Salesianum takes the field Saturday night in the season opener against Concord, some things will be very familiar. It will be Baynard Stadium, under the lights, with a band. The team will be in its home blue uniforms...
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) Is 35:4-7 Psalm 146:6-10 2) Jas 2:1-5 Gospel: Mk 7:31-37 Overcoming fear with faith The deaf man in today's Gospel must have known fear. For his speech impediment ensured that he was alone and helpless. He would have known...
VATICAN CITY — Turning an archaeological discovery into an appealing, informative site for tourists takes more than just digging interesting remains and ruins out of the dirt. That’s why experts from the Vatican Museums and the Pontifical Institute of Christian...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — On a steamy Thursday afternoon, Concord took advantage of its opportunities to defeat Archmere, 3-2, in a battle of ranked field hockey teams in the season-opener for both. The host Raiders came in at No. 6...
BOGOTA, Colombia — If Colombians truly seek peace, they must give up vengeance and seek reconciliation by forgiving themselves and one another, said a priest who is devoting his life to such a mission. “The main reason for the violence...
WASHINGTON — A Sept. 4 letter signed by more than 1,500 Catholic nuns, priests and other church leaders from around the country addressed to U.S. senators voiced concerns about Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a fellow Catholic, as he faced...
WASHINGTON -- The 1983 Code of Canon Law did not anticipate crimes being committed by bishops that could result in their laicization, according to a canon law professor at The Catholic University of America. Jesuit Father Robert Kaslyn, who has...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Although stormy skies often interrupted the hammering and sent volunteers ducking for tents, a Habitat for Humanity event in Indiana pulled together almost 2,000 volunteers, generous contributions, celebrities and faith groups. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter...