VIENNA -- The Austrian bishops' conference is the most recent Catholic institution to say it will divest from fossil fuels.
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, conference chairman, said in a March 22 statement announcing the decision that church finances "must...
WASHINGTON — A new piece of legislation endorsed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could put Catholic or other religious schools within reach of many families who would otherwise not be able to afford them.
The plan, called “Education Freedom...
DUBLIN — An Irish bishop has criticized Catholics who identify as “faith-filled” while spreading fear and mistrust of immigrants, particularly those who are Muslims.
Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin, chairman of the Council for Life of the Irish bishops’ conference,...
MONTREAL — Father Claude Grou, rector of St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, was stabbed during a Mass March 22. The motive for the attack remains unknown.
He was taken to the hospital and was in stable condition, said a...
Our Lenten Journey, March 22, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
"Miracles were necessary before the world believed, in order that it might believe." - St. Augustine
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
— St. Paul, Philippians 4:13
Miracles are a retelling...
ASTON, Pa. – Sister Georgellen Brilmyer, who taught for 15 years at Padua Academy in Wilmington, died March 20 in Assisi House. She was 95 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia...
HOUSTON -- Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has been discharged from St. Joseph Medical Center and "has entered a standard rehabilitation program" to continue his recovery from a mild stroke.
"Based...
By BRETT ROBINSON
Before we are born our nervous systems are receiving stimuli from our mothers. If our mom feels pain, we sense it too. If she is stressed out, we learn what that feels like by experiencing the same...
WASHINGTON — In a joint letter to Congress March 20, the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said they oppose to the Equality Act because while it is meant to provide protections to those...
By EFFIE CALDEROLA
By now almost everyone has heard of Marie Kondo.
Kondo is the attractive Japanese woman who has parlayed her penchant for decluttering into a personal brand that now includes a Netflix series and several books.
Her method helps you...