The boys' postseason tournaments will not begin this week, but eligibility and positioning will be on the line this week on the lacrosse and baseball fields. The lacrosse regular season ends on Saturday, while baseball must be finished by...
The final week of the regular season has arrived for girls sports. Some teams are assured of postseason play and are jockeying for position, while others are still battling to be eligible for their respective state tournament. The lacrosse,...
Christ the Teacher Catholic School announced that it will break ground on a $4.3 million new classroom and gymnasium addition on May 30, 2018, at 2:00 pm. In addition, St. Margaret of Scotland Parish also announced that it will...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Days before the U.S. celebrated Mother's Day May 13, the national group Faith in Action urged others to think about immigrant mothers who have been separated from their children or run the risk of never seeing...
By Father John Hynes
The United States is home to almost one-quarter of the world’s prison population, yet less than 6 percent of the world’s people. This is a new development. In 1980 the rate of incarceration was 139 persons...
DUBLIN (CNS) -- Irish pro-life campaigners have criticized a decision by tech giant Google to ban campaign advertisements before the May 25 referendum on whether the right to life of the unborn should continue to be enshrined in the...
VATICAN CITY — During a quick morning visit to Tuscany, Pope Francis praised two lay communities there that are dedicated to living out the Gospel values of reciprocal love and cooperation.
Meeting families and children who live a communal way...
MEXICO CITY — The front-runner in Mexico’s presidential election said, if he wins July 1, he would appoint an activist priest as his human rights director.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a gathering of victims of violence May 8 that...
The Diocese of Wilmington lost a friend May 9 with the passing of Bishop Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gomez of the Diocese of San Marcos, Guatamala.
Details of Bishop Trinidad's passing were not immediately available. He was 63.
The bishop had visited...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Mary Haseltine, a mother of five boys, a certified birth doula and childbirth educator, wants every woman and her baby to be blessed with “a healthy, happy and, yes, holy birth.”
In her debut book titled “Made...