On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, hear Bishop William Koenig’s Christmas Message for 2023.
We'll also have a report from Vatican radio on the Holy Father’s recent request for prayers for the war-torn...
Scripture readings for Dec. 24, 2023, Fourth Sunday of Advent
2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 Rom 16:25-27 Lk 1:26-38
Believe the unbelievable, embrace the mystery
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If there is one message the world needs...
MIDDLETOWN — Salesianum forced overtime with a three-point shot at the end of regulation, then took control in the extra session on the way to a 74-71 win at Appoquinimink on Dec. 20. The Sals ended a two-game losing...
People who have looked closely as their order was passed to them through a drive-in window may have noticed a sticker or sign announcing the location serving them is a franchise of a national, or even international, brand.
Until now,...
VATICAN CITY -- Exchanging Christmas gifts and organizing holiday parties are all well and good, but Christians should contemplate the scene of Jesus' birth to recover what is truly important during the Christmas season, Pope Francis said.
At his weekly...
MILLTOWN — Conrad and Saint Mark’s got involved in a track meet when their girls basketball teams met on Dec. 19, and when clock hit all zeroes, the Spartans had crossed the finish line in front. Saint Mark's went...
VATICAN CITY -- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's declaration on informally blessing same-sex couples or other non-married couples is a reminder that the Catholic Church and its pastors never close the door on people seeking God's...
MIDDLETOWN — The new pastor at St. Paul’s Parish in Delaware City may have spent 30 years in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and arrived in the Diocese of Wilmington just last year, but Norbertine Father David Driesch is not...
Christmas 2023
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
As we celebrate that moment in which God emptied Himself and took on our human flesh, may it be a time for us to grow even more aware of God’s tremendous love. May...
A year out from his death, I dearly miss Pope Benedict XVI. He was the pope of my coming of age. The generation of priests above me feel this way about Pope St. John Paul II; older priests, Pope...