BY FATHER THOMAS A. FLOWERS
Many have expressed anguish over the pro-abortion/pro-infanticide law in New York and asked why we don’t excommunicate Gov. Cuomo. Please understand that this is something we never do out of anger or vengeance. As an...
WASHINGTON — Community land trusts are celebrating their 50th anniversary in the United States in 2019, and Catholic figures had a role in their development.
Based on a concept developed by Mahatma Gandhi in India, these kinds of land trusts...
VATICAN CITY — The choice to follow God in life is not just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but a decision that is made every day, Pope Francis said.
Christians truly encounter Jesus through concrete events in life that occur “every day;...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis told reporters he is more afraid of the consequences of not engaging in interreligious dialogue than he is of being manipulated by some Muslim leaders.
He told...
MEINRAD, Ind. — Familiar sounds of sizzling meat and clanging cutlery associated with food preparation offered a different kind of doctrine than one might expect in a third-floor classroom at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.
Inside, several seminarians...
WILMINGTON – Howard came out running, taking advantage of every Archmere turnover and getting one transition bucket after another in the first half on the way to a 66-45 win in nonconference girls basketball on Feb. 4.
Na'leigha Wright and...
WASHINGTON — Although her work along the Texas-Mexico border has brought her fame and celebrity, Sister Norma Pimentel, a member of the Missionaries of Jesus, who is executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, shrugged that...
VATICAN CITY — Appealing to the world's leaders and policymakers, Pope Francis called for protecting the unborn and seeing these new lives as people who will bring new beginnings and hope for the future.
Each and every new life conceived...
Father Paul J. Campbell, pastor of St. Christopher Church in Chester, Md., since 2015, died Feb. 3 after a brief illness. He was 66.
Father Campbell was a native of Wilmington, graduating from Christ Our King and Salesianum schools. He...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily put on hold a state law restricting Louisiana abortion providers.
The law, which was set to take effect Feb. 4, requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital...