NEW YORK -- Veteran filmmaker Wim Wenders respectfully profiles the current successor of St. Peter in the well-crafted, sometimes moving documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word" (Focus). Though Wenders also provides some narration, as his title suggests,...
LIVERPOOL, England -- Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Liverpool to pay tribute to Alfie Evans on the day of the toddler's funeral.
The 23-month-old boy, who suffered a severe degenerative neurological condition, died April 28, some 10 days...
WILMINGTON – One of the bigger names in Delaware high school football will be taking the reins at St. Elizabeth next season. Marvin Dooley, the coach at William Penn High School for the past five years, was named the...
Patrick Downes, editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu.
HONOLULU -- In addition to offering prayers, the Catholic Church is stepping into action on behalf of hundreds of residents displaced from a fierce and...
By Shemaiah Gonzalez, freelance writer. Her website is www.shemaiahgonzalez.com.
As engaged couples prepare themselves for marriage, they look for advice for a rich and loving union. The best advice for engaged couples comes from Pope Francis himself in his apostolic...
For Catholic couples, the engagement period is about much more than the myriad details of planning a wedding. Beyond the guest list, dress and caterer, there is faith that abides and hopefully grows long after the flowers have dried...
By Amber Lapp, a research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies
She sat in the passenger seat, pinning up her permed hair, fussing in the mirror. He was in the driver's seat thumbing through a magazine. The year was...
Engaged couples should discuss and begin to form the habits and virtues they hope to
carry into married life.
Focusing on spiritual preparation during engagement can be difficult.
Along with a diocese's marriage preparation program, newly married couples recommend prayer, confession and...
VATICAN CITY -- A custom-built 2018 Lamborghini Huracan coupe autographed by Pope Francis raised nearly $1 million at a Sotheby's auction May 12 in Monaco.
The Italian luxury carmaker donated the white vehicle with gold stripes -- to match the...
60 years
Father Bruce Byrolly, 84, was born in Waterbury, Conn., and attended Yale University in New Haven. He was ordained May 15, 1958, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Norwich, Conn., but has ministered almost exclusively in the Diocese of...