HOUSTON (CNS) Former first lady Barbara Bush "was a model public servant and set a standard for her unwavering and loving devotion to both family and community," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston Houston in offering his prayers...
WILMINGTON – Caravel's soccer team took a little while to get untracked on April 19 against Ursuline, but a goal late in the first half served as a springboard to a 3-1 win at Serviam Field. The win snapped...
VATICAN CITY — Naming a child is an important task for parents, because it gives children a sense of identity and belonging to their family and to God, Pope Francis said.
“Without a name, we remain unknown, without rights and...
Catholic News Service
SAO PAULO — At the beginning of March, Gisela Gomez, 36, gathered a few belongings, said goodbye to her 17- and 15-year-old sons, and left the region of Monagas in Venezuela, traveling more than 600 miles south...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Statistics gathered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicate 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids in 2016.
Some of those people serve the church.
Individuals associated with Guest House, a nonprofit, health care provider...
MEXICO CITY -- A Mexico priest has been stabbed to death in his parish, the latest attack on clergy in the heavily Catholic country.
Father Ruben Alcantara Diaz was attacked April 18, just prior to the 7 p.m. Mass at...
WASHINGTON -- Tributes from business leaders and politicians alike described Jennifer Riordan -- the 43-year-old passenger who died April 17 from injuries suffered on Southwest Flight 1380 when its engine exploded -- as a devoted mother, community leader, mentor...
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis insisted that the lives of the unborn and of the poor are “equally sacred,” he was not trying to shift the focus of Catholics from fighting abortion to fighting poverty, he was trying...
WILMINGTON — Father Nicholas R. Waseline, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales who was the pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Wilmington, died April 18 at St. Francis Hospital after a long battle with pancreatic cancer....
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Cycle B
1) Acts 4:8-12
Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26-29
2) 1 Jn 3:1-2
Gospel: Jn 10:11-18
A good shepherd
Deep below the Eternal City, Rome, lie several early Christian images of Jesus. One remarkable third-century fresco discovered in the Roman catacomb...