NEWARK – Each Monday afternoon, as the parking lot at Holy Angels School is controlled chaos with scores of cars waiting to ferry students home, there is a bit of calm on the second floor. There, 15 students spend...
VATICAN CITY — It is a horrible disgrace that in the 21st century, millions of people still do not have access to clean drinking water and so many become ill or die from contaminated water sources, Pope Francis said.
“Unfortunately,...
WASHINGTON — Jews worldwide will remember the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
In a direct German translation, it means “Crystal Night,” but it is more commonly thought of as “Night of Broken Glass,” as Nazis and their sympathizers rampaged through Nazi...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- After a shooting spree late Nov. 7 at a country-music bar in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles from the heart of Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles asked people to "pray hard"...
OCEAN CITY, Md. – We are all about a purpose and a mission, no matter what we do in life. Our call to be “missionary disciples” was the message from Msgr. Rick Hilgartner, a pastor in the Archdiocese of...
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) 1 Kgs 17:10-16
Psalm 146:7-10
2) Heb 9:24-28
Gospel: Mk 12:38-44
Dangerous behavior
Longboarding. Slacklining. Free climbing. Kiteboarding. BASE jumping. Extreme sports are dangerous. That's why they're such a kick. Fear pumps adrenaline.
There's a high that comes from...
BEAR - The 10th-seeded Tower Hill Hillers edged No. 7 St. Mark's, 2-1, in penalty kicks in the opening round of the DIAA Division II soccer tournament on Nov. 7 at Bob Peoples Stadium at Caravel Academy. After 80 minutes...
GREENVILLE – Caroline Taylor scored late in the first half, and Ursuline was able to make that lead stand up, as the Raiders defeated Newark Charter, 1-0, in the first round of the Division II field hockey state tournament...
DOVER — It might be difficult to imagine 11- or 12-year-olds pondering a life in vocations.
Unless you spent the morning Nov. 7 with 525 sixth graders for Vocations Awareness Day at Holy Cross church.
Every sixth-grader in 17 Catholic schools...
WASHINGTON — The National Review Board chairman called for changes to the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" to "make it a less ambiguous document" because despite nearly every diocese meeting its standards in third-party audits,...