INDIANAPOLIS -- After standing in sweltering heat for 40 minutes, dozens of supporters cheered as Erika Fierro emerged from the building May 31.
That she exited through the front doors was a good sign. It meant that she was not...
Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Cycle B
1) Is 49:1-6
Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15
2) Acts 13:22-26
Gospel: Lk 1:57-66, 80
Happy birthday, John!
Among the saints, John the Baptist is one of the great ones. On the Catholic calendar, only three people...
GENEVA -- Not only God, but today's broken, divided world is begging for unity among Christians, Pope Francis said on an ecumenical pilgrimage to Geneva.
"Our differences must not be excuses," he said, because as Christ's disciples, Christians can still...
WASHINGTON -- The Vatican has told Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the retired archbishop of Washington, that he can no longer exercise any public ministry after an allegation that he abused a teenager 47 years ago was found credible.
While maintaining...
Summer usually brings with it a certain slowdown. This is no different for school and parish life. School is out, religious education classes and Bible studies and the like go on hiatus. One of the perennial problems faced by...
With vacations, better weather and simply slowing down, summer seems to be the best time to get lost in a book. Whether your book club read the latest "chic lit" or a mystery is your default for summer reading,...
"Don't take a vacation from your vocation!"
These words are often repeated this time of year in seminaries across the country. The warning is to remind seminarians of the need to continue to attend to their formation throughout the summer...
As the weather warms up, we begin to spend more time outside, relaxing with family and
friends, and taking vacation. All of those are good things, but they shouldn't lead to us taking a vacation from our vocation.
Summer seems to...
ABOUT THE SURVEYS
Every election year, the Maryland Catholic Conference surveys the state’s candidates for U.S. Congress, Governor, and the Maryland General Assembly on their positions regarding issues of interest to Catholics.
The responses of the Democratic and Republican primary candidates...
Bishop Malooly sent a message to all priests in the Diocese of Wilmington reaffirming the stand by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denouncing the government's zero-tolerance policy that has led to children being held in government shelters while...