LOS ANGELES -- Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was remembered as a generous soul who "got things done" for the city he loved at a memorial Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels April 28.
"He...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, and Coadjutor Bishop Richard G. Henning of Providence immediately succeeds him.
Bishop Tobin turned 75 April 1, the age when canon law requires...
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Praising the piety and charity of Hungarian Christians and their commitment to supporting traditional family life, Pope Francis said Christ also calls them to open their hearts -- and perhaps their borders -- to others in...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM HUNGARY -- The Holy See has a project under way related to peace between Russia and Ukraine, but Pope Francis told reporters he could not talk about it yet.
"There is a mission underway that...
Saint Mark's girls lacrosse team plays three games in four days to start the first week of May. That kind of workload will become more common as teams scramble to finish out the regular season in various sports. That's...
If a bit of chilly weather is not a deterrent, fans of high school sports will have plenty to choose from this week. Rescheduled contests due to wet weather earlier in the season, added to regularly scheduled games, has...
If you look at the view from the window of the Mandalay Bay hotel room in Las Vegas, you realize that from that distance the shooter couldn’t have seen or identified the faces of the people he killed.
And yet,...
"Don't call me a saint," admonished Dorothy Day, journalist, activist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. "I don't want to be dismissed so easily."
While Day fiercely sought to avoid holy titles during her lifetime, there are many Catholics...
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Paying homage to Hungary's history, culture and location in the heart of Europe, Pope Francis pushed against the notion that the country needed to insulate itself to protect its identity.
As expected, in his first speech in...
WILMINGTON — Rain came down on the afternoon of April 28 outside Salesianum School. That kind of weather, when the athletic schedule is full, forces athletic director Katie Godfrey and her colleagues around the state to make quick adjustments...