VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor.
When the pope's decision was announced Oct. 12, the Archdiocese of Washington released a letter from...
VATICAN CITY — Speaking to the Synod of Bishops on behalf of Belgium’s bishops’ conference, a bishop said he was sure some young married men would become priests if they were asked.
The vocations of Christian marriage and “celibacy for...
MILLTOWN – St. Mark's and Newark both entered their nonconference field hockey game on Oct. 11 looking for their first win. The Spartans were the team breathing a sigh of relief after 60 minutes of play, dominating the action...
VATICAN CITY — Unless they recognize themselves as sinners rescued by Jesus, adults cannot be effective in helping young people find the path to faith and doing God’s will, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago told the Synod of...
YAKIMA, Wash. — Seminarian John Washington was looking for a summer cultural experience as he prepared to end his academic year at Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary and he found it in an agricultural field in central Washington.
The seminarian from the...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Among the 20 people killed in a devastating limousine accident Oct. 6 in Schoharie were several victims who had connections to parishes, schools and Catholic organizations of the Albany Diocese.
All 17 passengers in the limo and...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term: if an inmate with dementia should be executed if he has no memory of the...
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Wis 7:7-11
Psalm 90:12-17
2) Heb 4:12-13
Gospel: Mk 10:17-30
Where did that question come from?
My 20-something granddaughter went into a convent last week. Mary Kathleen quit her job, gave away her sizable collection of clothes, handed...
This year the Diocese of Wilmington marks 150 years since its founding. All over the diocese, the Knights of Columbus honor and thank our priests on Priesthood Sunday, Oct. 28. The diocese today is blessed to have a wonderful...
Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of the Diocese of Camden, N.J., delivered the homily at the annual Red Mass sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society, Diocese of Wilmington, on Oct. 1 at St. Joseph’s on the Brandywine. The text...