INDIANAPOLIS -- As she talked with the grieving woman, Jan Pierson believed this was another moment when God had led her to where he wanted her to be -- which is exactly why the 69-year-old Indiana woman has looked...
The English author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a constant source of wisdom and encouragement while I was trying to figure out "the Catholic thing" years ago. One of my favorite Chesterton books, in fact, is titled "The Thing: Why...
Sidewalk chalk, that staple of summer, is easy to spot on an early morning walk. You may be tempted to start skipping over the loosely drawn squares of some little person's hopscotch course. Or, since this chalk often comes...
Q: I once heard a priest talk about Ordinary Time and that it didn't mean "plain" or that other times were more important. Of course, I can't remember how he explained it. Can you explain some more?
A: I personally...
The staff of The Dialog wishes our readers a safe and happy Independence Day. Please enjoy this video tribute celebrating the holiday. Lyrics appear below.
America, The Beautiful
(1911 version) By Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel Ward
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized funding legislation recently passed by the U.S. House as "inconsistent with American values and interests" over cuts to humanitarian funding.
The...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we talk with Rev. Donald Van Alstyne, a Marian Father, retired army chaplain and current chaplain at the Wilmington VA Medical Center.
Father Van Alstyne discusses his...
NORTONVILLE, Kan. -- Five-year-old Hannah Lock had lots of questions about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that passed through Nortonville June 25. But her most pressing one was "Where is Jesus?"
"She thought Jesus was one of the priests," said her...
The late Father Leonard R. Klein was director of Pro Life Activities for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, rector of the Cathedral of St. Peter and pastor at St. Patrick and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception churches in...
An Indigenous image of Jesus Christ by an acclaimed iconographer has been removed from a New Mexico church for unspecified reasons, days after the U.S. bishops approved a pastoral framework for Indigenous ministry.
Painted by Franciscan Friar Robert Lentz, "Apache...