Advent is a sacred time of preparation, a season of joyful anticipation as we await the birth of Christ. For Catholic families, it offers a unique opportunity to come together, reflect on the meaning of our faith, and live...
Advent is here — the wonderful season when we eagerly await the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Many parishes in the diocese are preparing with liturgical and fun seasonal events, especially concerts to warm the spirit. Check out some pre-Christmas...
VATICAN CITY -- Moments before praying for "martyred Ukraine" with thousands of visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, one of Europe's most outspoken critics of sending aid to Ukraine.
Orbán met...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis received a new, emission-free, all-electric popemobile from representatives of Mercedes-Benz, the German car manufacturer that has been supplying vehicles for the popes for nearly 100 years.
"We are overjoyed to be able to fulfill the...
The effects of the 2024 presidential election on national migration policy will become evident over the next several months. It might be useful, however, to understand how this presidential election issue came to the forefront.
In one of the most...
WILMINGTON — St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Wilmington is inviting young people in the diocese to sign up for the annual Via Crucis, the Stations of the Cross presented as liturgical drama on Fridays in Lent. This is...
"After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the Lord God called to the man and asked him, 'Where are you?' He answered, 'I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so...
My first job out of college was teaching at a Catholic school in a small town.
I was at that point in life -- barely 22 -- when I was questioning my faith. But something about the music and joy...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dec. 4 a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender, the high court's first major...
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump will attend the upcoming reopening ceremony for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he said Dec. 2. The trip will mark his first foreign trip since his election to a second term.
The 800-year-old cathedral is...