By Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News
Was there a total solar eclipse when Jesus died?
In Luke 23:44-45 of the New American Bible Revised Edition -- the Bible translation heard at U.S. Catholic Masses -- the verses explicitly refer to a solar...
By Kimberley Heatherington , OSV News
Have you got your glasses?
For those in the path of the April 8 astronomical event dubbed "the Great North American Eclipse" -- the total solar eclipse that will occur when the moon passes between...
VATICAN CITY -- Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse and human trafficking, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a new...
Nearly every girls high school team in every sport had last week off, but that respite has come to an end. Beginning April 8, the week’s calendar is chock full of activities.
The wet weather, coupled with the Easter break,...
MIDDLETOWN — Ryan Flasinski threw five innings of no-hit baseball, striking out 9, and the Saint Mark’s offense blew open a close game in the final two innings as the Spartans defeated Appoquinimink, 16-0, on April 5.
Flasinski, a junior,...
CLAYMONT — Salesianum's baseball team rebounded from a 7-0 deficit to tie the game in the fifth inning, and the Sals literally walked it off in the seventh in an 8-7 win over Conrad on April 5 at Dyer...
ROME -- A broad cultural shift is needed to recognize surrogacy is not a "right" but a violation of human dignity and of the rights of women and children, several experts said during an international conference in Rome advocating...
In some ways, St. Catherine of Siena might be considered the patron saint of the strongly worded letter. Her missives famously convinced Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome following a period where the popes lived in France for...
My son stands in the center of his bedroom, wailing to the heavens while his sleepy brothers tuck into bunk beds. Tonight, there has been no time for stories, since the family party ran late. But I hadn't expected...
Q: In my parish, we have an antique candle holder for the paschal candle. The design on the candle stand looks like it has some sort of insect, and so my 6-year-old asked me why there were "bugs on...