VATICAN CITY -- The nearly 400-year-old sculpted canopy towering over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica will be surrounded by scaffolding for most of 2024 as it is washed, repaired and restored.
Standing over 30 feet tall, the baldachin,...
A Wisconsin judge has suspended a criminal case against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick Jan. 10, citing incompetency. McCarrick had been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for abuse that allegedly took place in 1977.
The ruling follows a dismissal of all...
The Republican presidential primary field narrowed Jan. 10 just hours before the party's final debate before the key Iowa Caucuses, as former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie suspended his campaign.
Only Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador...
VATICAN CITY -- Vincenzo Riva, a man with neurofibromatosis, whose photograph with Pope Francis was seen around the world a decade ago, died in Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 10 at the age of 58.
Riva, whose face was disfigured by the...
Saint Mark’s High School will induct seven individuals and three teams into its Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Feb. 9 at the school. This is the fifth class of inductees. Registration to attend the event and...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we will chat with Father James Loughran, SA, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement and the Director of the Graymoor Ecumenincal and Interreligious Institute.
Father Loughran will discuss the annual Week of Prayer for...
WILMINGTON — Padua's basketball team took the lead from Saint Mark’s early in the third, and the Pandas did not relent, going on to a 53-42 home victory on Jan. 10.
The shot that gave the Pandas the lead for...
VATICAN CITY -- One of the most dangerous vices is gluttony, turning people who are meant to be custodians of creation into mere consumers and even exploiters and predators, Pope Francis said.
"The sin of those who succumb before a...
AMMAN, Jordan -- Catholics warn that Syrians are on the brink of starvation as the United Nations food program cuts off its assistance in the country this month.
"The Syrian people are condemned to die without being able to say...
"Eros is … that force which 'does not allow the lover to remain in himself but moves him to become one with the beloved.' Is there more 'mad eros' than that which led the Son of God to make...