ROME -- Like Father Matteo Ricci, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary known for his efforts to bridge Christianity and Chinese culture, the Catholic Church today must engage in dialogue with the ruling and intellectual class of China to present Christianity...
VATICAN CITY -- A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the "fir tree-icide" of cutting down a 200-year-old red pine to decorate St. Peter's Square for Christmas.
"Sign up to...
Q: What scriptural basis is there for praying for the dead, for their repose, or for praying to the dead, for their intercessions? And in a related way, what scriptural basis is there for the Catholic practice of "relics,"...
"There is significance in the end of things," my son Jacob once said, long before young men should think such thoughts, much less have the courage to utter them aloud. His words came to mind again yesterday as I...
"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil."
Reminders of death seem to be everywhere in the fall. In addition to the trees gradually stripped bare of their dying leaves, skeletons, ghosts...
With immigration an ongoing issue after the 2024 U.S. general election, three U.S. Catholic bishops issued a Nov. 14 statement of pastoral concern pledging support for immigrants.
"Compelled by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and recognizing the inherent dignity of...
NEWARK — Saint Mark’s battled valiantly in an effort to secure the DIAA volleyball championship, but Tower Hill’s stellar defense and impressive attack was too strong. The third-seeded Hillers defeated the No. 5 Spartans, 3-0, on Nov. 14 for...
MILLTOWN — Saint Mark’s high School will perform “12 Angry Jurors” Nov 22-24 in the school theater. The Nov. 22 and 23 shows begin at 7 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on the 24th.
The play is based on...
BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrapped up its fall plenary assembly's final public session Nov. 13, in which the bishops discussed topics ranging from the recent election, to synodality, to care for the environment, to life...
BALTIMORE -- Methods of further incorporating "Laudato Si'," Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on care of creation, into the life of the church at the local and national level was a point of discussion for the U.S. bishops during their...