Diocese of Wilmington
If an underweight fifteen-year-old girl walks into the school nurse’s office and announces that she is fat, the nurse, the administration, parents and the medical profession will go at once to work to address what presents as...
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First Sunday of Lent
Cycle B
1) Gn 9:8-15
Psalm 25:4-9
2) 1 Pt 3:18-22
Gospel: Mk 1:12-15
Is there anything here for me?
Previewing today's readings, I knew right away the grooves my mind would fall into when they are read at Mass.
First...
(This article first appeared in "Because we are Catholic," a publication of the Maryland Catholic Conference.)
Twenty years ago he was an Ocean City Police detective with thoughts of joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now, Monsignor Steven Hurley is...
For The Dialog
Bishop Malooly notes generosity of those who have supported ministries in past years
Bishop Malooly has set a goal of $4,681,500 for the 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal, which helps support more than 35 offices and ministries that provide...
MIAMI -- Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski urged community members to come together "to support one another in this time of grief" after a shooting rampage Feb. 14 at a Broward County high school left at least 17 people...
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to write a pastoral letter on the civil rights leader's principles of nonviolence.
The new document comes...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021518.cfm
"We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters: the poor, the...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic leaders cautioned that federal spending must safeguard the common good after the White House released its fiscal year 2019 spending plan that boosts military spending and cuts human services, environmental protection, diplomacy and international humanitarian assistance...
In ancient Greece, warring sides would sign a truce for the duration of the Olympic Games so athletes could safely join the sporting festival. That ideal, sport as a bridge to peace, still endures despite the modern games being...
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ROME -- Lent is a time for Christians to get their hearts in sync with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said.
"Let the Lord heal the wounds of sin and fulfill the prophecy made to our fathers:...