Q: This past week a member of our parish was confirmed at Sunday Mass, but it was just our parish priest who did the confirmation. I always thought confirmation had to be done by a bishop? Is it allowed...
By Silvio Cuéllar, OSV News
It was a Sunday in the month of May, and Sergio Jiménez stood in front of a packed church at Blessed Sacrament Church, ready to make a brief invitation at the end of Mass.
Sergio, a...
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which signifies "the divine response to the wounded human heart," is "more timely than ever," said Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle.
The archbishop shared his thoughts in a new pastoral letter inviting...
I work with people who are exceptionally astute both theologically and pastorally -- people who build programs, teach the teachers and form leaders in evangelization. My colleagues speak and write and counsel and mentor with steep resources in the...
Elizabeth Gillette still remembers seeing her baby's body after swallowing the abortion pill more than a decade ago.
"Locked in the bathroom, I experienced tremors, I experienced sweats, I started to vomit -- and when the bleeding started, it was...
When he releases his highly anticipated first encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" May 25, Pope Leo XIV will be present at the press conference -- something atypical for such announcements, which are usually handled by senior Vatican officials.
And in another first,...
A Ukrainian nun serving in a city on the front lines met with Pope Leo XIV during a private audience with members of a papal society, handing him images of two Ukrainian soldiers in captivity and pleading with him...
Retired Bishop John H. Ricard, the first Black bishop to be an auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and to head the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, died May 20 at St. Joseph's Seminary in Washington.
Bishop Ricard, also a nationally...
WILMINGTON — Despite a rainy day outside, students participating in Danceworks! filled The Grand Opera House with energy and excitement as they showcased dance styles spanning several decades during a year-end performance celebration.
Danceworks! is an immersive academic-year program presented...
MIDDLETOWN — Archmere’s girls tennis team has spent the past few years as the bridesmaids at the state tournament, falling just short several times in their quest for a state championship. The Auks erased any doubts this year, sweeping...