Q: I once heard a priest talk about Ordinary Time and that it didn't mean "plain" or that other times were more important. Of course, I can't remember how he explained it. Can you explain some more?
A: I personally...
The staff of The Dialog wishes our readers a safe and happy Independence Day. Please enjoy this video tribute celebrating the holiday. Lyrics appear below.
America, The Beautiful
(1911 version) By Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel Ward
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized funding legislation recently passed by the U.S. House as "inconsistent with American values and interests" over cuts to humanitarian funding.
The...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we talk with Rev. Donald Van Alstyne, a Marian Father, retired army chaplain and current chaplain at the Wilmington VA Medical Center.
Father Van Alstyne discusses his...
NORTONVILLE, Kan. -- Five-year-old Hannah Lock had lots of questions about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that passed through Nortonville June 25. But her most pressing one was "Where is Jesus?"
"She thought Jesus was one of the priests," said her...
The late Father Leonard R. Klein was director of Pro Life Activities for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, rector of the Cathedral of St. Peter and pastor at St. Patrick and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception churches in...
An Indigenous image of Jesus Christ by an acclaimed iconographer has been removed from a New Mexico church for unspecified reasons, days after the U.S. bishops approved a pastoral framework for Indigenous ministry.
Painted by Franciscan Friar Robert Lentz, "Apache...
The following was first published in thedialog.org in September 2022.
Pro-life advocacy has been a blessing to fathers, mothers and lives unborn. However also important is determined Christian advocacy regarding another life issue: physician-assisted suicide.
"Physician-assisted suicide occurs when a physician...
TRENTON, N.J. -- A restructured program for deacon preparation in the Diocese of Trenton is set to be rolled out this fall, offering a shorter and more integrated formation.
Informed by feedback from those who have recently completed diaconate formation...
ASTON —On June 9, more than 165 members of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and their companions gathered in Our Lady of Angels Chapel in Aston, Pa., to give witness to the lives and service of the...