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By Ellen Barrosse As the Delaware legislature debates HB140, a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the discussion typically centers on individual autonomy and end-of-life dignity. However, emerging research reveals troubling and unintended consequences: the legalization of assisted suicide is associated...
WILMINGTON — The 14th annual Catholic Youth Ministries pilgrimage through city streets April 12 was a real test of faith for the more than 500 young people and their adult leaders. The loop that began and ended at St. Elizabeth...
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on April 11 declined to block the Trump administration from carrying out Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship. A coalition of more than two dozen...
VATICAN CITY -- Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week. "To carry the cross of Christ...
VATICAN CITY -- Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica. After decades of accumulating dirt, dust and grime, the funerary...
House Bill 140, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide in Delaware, will be considered by the full senate after the Senate Executive Committee advanced the bill on April 9. The committee, which has seven members, recommended the bill move forward after...
A priest once told me that if you are unsure if something is of God, substitute the word "Love" for the word "God" when speaking of it. If the word substitution does not work, then what you are speaking...
By Gigi Duncan, OSV News In a world where material success often takes center stage, what does true success mean for women today? How can they navigate the delicate balance of career, family and personal fulfillment, all while staying true...
No matter how stressful our life seems on Our Lenten Journey, at the end of the day "put it in God's hands...." Good advice from convert, philosopher and Carmelite nun, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who was tragically...
In Lent, we expect the sojourn through the desert, encountering spiritual heat, thirst, mirages that disappear as we draw near to them. Sometimes, we find ourselves encountering Christ there and sometimes we meet ourselves as moments of our past...