VATICAN CITY — Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without capital punishment and that a criminal should be given the chance to reform, a top Vatican diplomat...
HONG KONG — Catholics in Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong are divided over the provisional agreement between China and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops.
Some believe it will lead to better diplomatic relations, but others question how Beijing’s...
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities praised a decision by the U.S. secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to end a Food and Drug Administration contract with a company “whose...
WASHINGTON — A former assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Washington was arrested Sept. 26 after federal law enforcement officials charged him with mail fraud in a scheme to embezzle money from the archdiocese.
Kenneth Gaughan was...
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Nm 11:25-29
Psalm 19:8, 10, 12-14
2) Jas 5:1-6
Gospel: Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Rage
There it is, right in the middle of today's Gospel -- the statement we might consider God's particular word to the church in...
CLAYMONT — Archmere Academy has an expansive campus, but at its heart, the size of the student body fosters close bonds among members of the school community. Or, as 1979 graduate Michael Hare puts it, “It’s a tiny place....
NEW CASTLE – Ursuline's offense was in control throughout the afternoon, and in the second half the Raiders finally found a way to solve the St. Mark's keeper in a 3-0 Catholic Conference field hockey win Sept. 26. Jane...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In recent years, Catholic Charities school counselors have noticed an unsettling trend of more anxiety and less empathy among their young students.
A variety of factors, including increased screen time and social media usage, more homework and...
“Catholic Forum,” the radio program produced by the Diocese of Wilmington, now airs at 6:06 a.m. each Sunday on WDEL. It was moved from the 10:06 a.m. time-slot it occupied for many years.
The station made the move effective Sept....
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME -- The Catholic Church has grown in its understanding of the horror of clerical sexual abuse and of the "corruption" of covering it up, Pope Francis said.
Returning to Rome from a trip Sept....