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                Today's Readings from the USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031418.cfm   "Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime." — Martin Luther "Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival...
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY  -- A native-Spanish speaker who grew up with Italian-speaking relatives in Argentina, Pope Francis has a striking way with words. Bringing a background in literary themes and devices with him to the papacy five years ago,...
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio (CNS) -- When Sister Anne McCrohan said goodbye to her parents and most of her 10 siblings at a train station in County Kerry, she thought it was forever. At age 18, Sister McCrohan had agreed to go...
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- March 14, exactly one month since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students from around the country planned to walk out of their schools in protest of the nation's gun laws for 17 minutes. The...
For The Dialog Father Carlos Ochoa had double reason to celebrate this week as he turned 40 on March 15, marking his first birthday as an American citizen. Seventeen days earlier, on Feb. 26, Father Ochoa had taken the oath of...
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY   -- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope just a few days after telling the College of Cardinals that the Catholic Church faced a clear choice between being a church that "goes out" or...
                  Today's Readings from the USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031318.cfm   • • • "Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ; discipline your body; do not pamper yourself, but love fasting.” —Saint Benedict "If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain...
Ursuline Academy honored six alums who were inducted March 11 into the 2018 Distinguished Alumnae Hall of Fame. The following women were recognized for their accomplishments in their careers, for continuing the tradition of excellence rooted in Ursuline’s motto...
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' election, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended the continuity of the church's teaching under his successor and dismissed those who criticize the pope's theological foundations. In...
The Dialog WILMINGTON — A Catholic tradition is back once again in Wilmington as seven city churches are teaming up for the annual Holy Thursday in the City, a pilgrimage that commemorates the hours Jesus spent in the Garden of...