VATICAN CITY — Defending the weak or hopeless and becoming a servant to those most in need is the best promotion one can ever receive, Pope Francis told new and old cardinals.
"None of us must feel 'superior' to anyone....
WASHINGTON — Republicans failed June 27 to advance a bill on immigration before Congress takes a summer break, unable to get enough votes from their own party to back it, even as public outcry grows over family separation at...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13
2) 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15
Gospel: Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43
When Jesus encounters the sick, their lives are changed forever. As Jesus heals their physical disease, he gives...
VATICAN CITY -- God always loves and generously gives first before asking for fidelity to his commandments -- which are the words of a loving father showing people the right way to live, Pope Francis said.
"Christian life is above...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, long seen as a critical swing vote on the nation's highest bench, announced today that he is resigning his seat effective the end of July, according to a news release issued by the...
WASHINGTON -- By a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court declared June 27 that one of its rulings from 1977 was "wrongly decided" and overruled it, in a case on whether public-sector unions could continue to make nonmembers pay fair-share...
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- King Abdullah II of Jordan has been chosen as the 2018 Templeton Prize Laureate.
He has "done more to seek religious harmony within Islam and between Islam and other religions than any other living political leader,"...
PHILADELPHIA – Annie Penrod of Archmere Academy went three-for-three and scored two runs to lead Delaware North to a 3-2 win over Delaware County West in the Carpenter Cup Softball tournament on June 26 at FDR Park in south...
—The website of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington – www.cdow.org – has undergone a makeover. The site, which has been the Internet home for Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore Catholics since 2000, now has a new look and visitor-friendly...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law that placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violated the First Amendment.
In its decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v....