VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing a rosary.
He told people at his general audience April 3 that the Bible and rosary...
ROME (OSV News) -- World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian organization that delivers food in war-torn countries, expressed outrage after seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza.
In an April 2 statement, the WCK, which...
SALISBURY – The process was as important – if not more so – as the final product during the second 2024 diocesan Synod listening session Monday evening, March 18, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in Salisbury, Md.
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NAME: Connor Victoria
School: Archmere Academy
Year: Senior
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CUERNAVACA, Mexico -- Catholics turned out in large numbers to celebrate Holy Week in Nicaragua. But the ruling Sandinista regime prohibited public exhibitions of faith -- such as processions and reenactments of the passion of Christ -- as it...
A proclamation from the nation's second Catholic president on a transgender-themed occasion is causing consternation among some faithful, as the date coincides this year with Easter -- and as the annual White House Easter egg art contest bans, among...
VATICAN CITY — For the nearly 10 years that Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI lived on opposite sides of St. Peter's Basilica, the two popes' relationship was marked by a deep mutual respect and profound sense of...
One of these days, high school baseball teams will be back on the field, but the early part of this week is not it. Games have been rained out on April 2 and 3, but there is hope for...
The Resurrection of Jesus
Each of the four Gospels tell stories of Jesus’ appearances to his disciples after his resurrection. Luke tells the story of Jesus joining two of his disciples as they were making their way from Jerusalem to...
Imagine for a moment that St. Peter, standing before the centurion Cornelius, had said, with a somewhat embarrassed grimace, "Well, it's my personal opinion that Jesus rose from the dead -- whatever that means. But that's simply my truth...