VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, as the sole administrator for the Vatican's pension fund, which is currently unable to guarantee future obligations in...
VATICAN CITY -- Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said.
"There is no need for educational models that are mere 'achievement factories' without a cultural plan that...
Students in Mimi Corcoran’s fourth and fifth grade math enrichment classes from Christ the Teacher School engaged in investigative work in preparation for their participation in the Historic Odessa Foundation Storybook Tree Exhibit.
They read books from the “Sir Cumference”...
We’re coming up on the Feast of Christ the King on the liturgical calendar, and Advent is right around the corner. While many parishes delay events until after the Christmas season, there are still some things to do, and...
(This item is being republished from Lent 2020 at the doorstep of the Coronavirus. We're figuring not many people were able to try it. Here it is just in time for Thanksgiving grocery shopping. TIP: The elusive boiler onions...
A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion -- including one banning chemical or medication abortions -- violated the state's constitution and could not be enforced.
Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County District Court wrote in...
Beyond my usual list of things to be grateful for -- mercy, family, reasonable health, employment, the elders still among us and the children all around -- I am particularly thankful that none of our family members will be...
VATICAN CITY -- With Ukraine's first lady seated in the front row, Pope Francis told people at his general audience that it is "a shameful tragedy for all humanity" that Russia's war on Ukraine has lasted more than 1,000...
As the Catholic church stresses the importance of praying for the Holy Souls during the month of November, the students of Aquinas Academy traveled to the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery to remember the dearly departed.
Aquinas Academy also provided its...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3.
The pope will canonize...