WASHINGTON — The U.S. International Commission on Religious Freedom singled out 28 countries for their repression of religious liberty in its annual report, issued Aug. 29.
Sixteen countries were designated in the 228-page report as Tier 1 — the harshest...
St. Mark’s has a long, proud volleyball history, and the run of success figures to continue this season for the talented Spartans. They feature one of the state’s more fearsome hitters, Savannah Seemans, and a young supporting cast that...
VATICAN CITY — The seal of confession is so important and sacred that a priest would be automatically excommunicated under canon law for directly revealing the contents of a confession.
The sacramental seal is absolutely inviolable and “admits no exceptions”...
WILMINGTON – It’s a new day for St. Mark’s football, with a familiar face leading them from the sideline and increased turnout. The Spartans enter the Joe Wright era on Friday night at Newark with a goal of making...
EASTON, Md. – Students at Ss. Peter and Paul Elementary School will have the opportunity to “lead the way” this year thanks to a new program being introduced. Project Lead the Way will give students the chance to engage...
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the Synod of Bishops on young people this October to focus instead on the life of the bishops.
"I have written the Holy Father and...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus himself showed that the best way to respond to scandal and divisiveness is to stay silent and pray, Pope Francis said Sept. 3 as he resumed his early morning Masses with invited guests.
"With people...
The way we often talk about work, you'd think it was a scourge. But that's not God's plan for work, according to Scripture. It is curious that work is one of the very first things we find in the...
Tables and chess sets. Bookends and treasure boxes. All fashioned from good, solid wood, usually oak. Cut and shaped, sanded and smoothed, nailed and glued, polished and stained and lacquered, and sometimes enhanced with a velvet lining. The works...
What is your attitude toward work? Do you work in order to live, or do you live in order to work? How do you express yourself through your work? Do you feel that you accomplish something of value most...