So, at the end of 2023, I published my "Catholic Wish List" for 2024, laying out some hopes for the church that seemed, if not "easy," then at least reasonable and doable for the truly motivated. Readers said they...
WILMINGTON – St. Elizabeth went on a 15-0 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away from a tenacious for in Our Lady of Mercy Academy (N.J.), 55-44, in the Viking Invitational on Dec. 27 at the St....
Scripture readings for Dec. 29, 2024, Feast of the Holy Family
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10. Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or 1 Jn 3:1-2,...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, we talk with Father Cyrille Ulrich Migyigbena, a priest of Cotonou Archdiocese in Benin Republic in West Africa and Director of the International Catholic School of Prayer and Evangelization, "Jeunesse Bonheur." This school provides...
As millions of pilgrims prepare to cross through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis called on individuals, nations and the global community to take a transformative step toward peace and reconciliation by walking through the "door...
Bishop Koenig spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrating Mass at two parishes along the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Christmas Eve Mass was at St. Christopher Church in Chester, Maryland at Kent Island.
On Christmas morning, the bishop traveled to...
This Christmas, while massive crowds of pilgrims will flock to Rome for the opening of the Jubilee year, I'll be spending the holy season in Bethlehem. For many, Rome's grand celebrations and newly polished piazzas are the obvious choice...
The slowest week of the winter sports season includes a few basketball games later in the week. St. Elizabeth hosts the Viking Invitational, with the girls taking center stage Thursday and Friday, and the boys getting Saturday and Sunday....
WASHINGTON -- Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal death sentences to life in prison. The move denies President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand...
Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis nevertheless blessed the baby Jesus figurines children and adults will put in their Nativity scenes -- and he brought...