Saint Mark’s High School
WILMINGTON — St. Mark’s held commencement exercises for 164 seniors on June 2 in the school gymnasium. Bishop Malooly presided.
Nicole Kirk won the Ronald R. Russo Jr. Award for Academic Excellence for having the highest ranking...
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Gn 3:9-15
Psalm 130:1-8
2) 2 Cor 4:13 – 5:1
Gospel: Mk 3:20-35
A little picture of the church
Today's Gospel begins with one of those quietly astonishing statements that you find here and there in the Gospels:...
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- In the immediate aftermath of the flood that washed through Main Street and other parts of historic Ellicott City May 27, St. Paul Church, perched on the hill above the floodwaters, was able to serve...
By Richard Doerflinger
On June 4, in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a limited victory for religious freedom.
Jack Phillips, a devoutly Christian baker, declined to use his artistry to create a custom wedding...
By Father Eugene Hemrick
"Get that idea out of your head!"
While growing up, my mother was forever shouting out commands like this to keep me on the right track.
When I complained, she would reply, "That's tough love. Some day you...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has asked the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany not to publish nationwide guidelines for allowing Protestants married to Catholics to receive Communion at Mass, but to continue having diocesan bishops judge specific situations.
Greg Burke,...
AMMAN, Jordan — The Jesuit Refugee Service pledged to continue supporting some of the 11 million displaced Syrians, including 9 million refugees, as the U.S. government’s response to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II is in...
WASHINGTON — Mary Rice Hasson, director of the Catholic Women’s Forum and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, said at a May 31 conference that “it’s no secret that for many months the #MeToo movement has sparked...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis sent condolences to Guatemala after a horrific volcanic eruption left more than 60 people dead.
In a June 5 telegram addressed to Archbishop Nicolas Thevenin, apostolic nuncio of Guatemala, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of...
NEW YORK -- By all accounts, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, shot down June 5, 1968, as he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, was the most devout Catholic among his siblings.
A former altar boy who sometimes spoke of joining...