TREASURE CAY, Abaco, Bahamas -- The parishioners of this Hurricane Dorian-ravaged island due east of South Florida are once again celebrating the Christmas season in their church -- thanks in part to Florida Catholics.
Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder of Nassau...
She isn’t sure of exactly how many in total over the years, but Glenda Spearman says she has conferred “a lot” of baptisms. She estimates she does 15 to 20 per year.
As senior staff chaplain at Ann & Robert...
I know that as soon as the last present has been unwrapped and the last carol has been sung, many thoughts turn to New Year’s resolutions.
When I worked in a bookstore, back in the pre-Amazon stone age, the day...
LEWES — Salesianum battled back to tie College Achieve Public Charter School when the teams met Dec. 27 at Slam Dunk to the Beach, but the Sals could never regain the lead and fell to the Phoenix, 67-64, in...
MIDDLETOWN — Just south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, east of Route 13, sit two buildings, one on either side of Bayside Road. That property has been the home of the Norbertine Fathers of the Immaculate Conception Priory...
VATICAN CITY -- As the new year begins, Pope Francis will be the oldest reigning pope since the early 1900s and the third oldest in history.
Having celebrated his 87th birthday in mid-December, Pope Francis' initial calendar for 2024 had...
Scripture readings for Dec. 31, 2023,Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 Lk 2:22-40
Putting our faith in God’s word will bring us new life
In paragraph 30...
LOS ANGELES -- Five years ago, Rosy Oros lay comatose in a hospital bed in Mexico -- some 1,500 miles away from home -- after experiencing complications from a medical procedure that had taken a drastic toll on her...
Is it legitimate to call Mary the "Mother of God"? Some Christians reject the title, saying it implies that God himself somehow has his origin in Mary. How could the Creator of all things, who depends on no one...
NEW YORK -- At a meeting in Manhattan with survivors and relatives of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, a senior member of the Archdiocese of New York's leadership listened intently to their descriptions of hostages who remain...