Q: My new parish priest's wife died before he became a priest. He sometimes even talks about his grandchildren during the homily. Why is this allowed? He obviously wasn’t always celibate, and I thought priests had to be celibate?...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum and Howard tussled in a football in a scrimmage on Aug. 18 at Abessinio Stadium. A decent crowd filed into the bleachers on a warm Friday morning to welcome the return of high school football.
The Sals...
North Carolina lawmakers Aug. 16 overrode the governor's veto of legislation banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures in the state for minors who identify as transgender.
The Republican-led General Assembly overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes...
Former President Donald Trump is leading his nearest rival by a 41-point margin in recent polling in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. But the upcoming first debate in the nomination process is a key opportunity for his rivals to...
A decade or more ago, I went to confession one Saturday afternoon at St. Peter Cathedral in Rockford, Illinois. Like many other priests, the particular confessor who heard my confession that day frequently defaulted to three Hail Marys as...
When my son was in sixth grade, he was standing with some buddies at dismissal time at our parish Catholic school. It was a typical cold winter day in Anchorage, Alaska, and the sidewalks were a familiar sheet of...
WASHINGTON -- A panel of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Aug. 15 revived a 2020 suit filed by pro-life activists who alleged the city acted unconstitutionally when police arrested them...
The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Aug. 14 that the religious exemption in the state's Fair Employment Practices Act "bars claims (of) religious, sexual orientation, and gender identity discrimination against religious organizations by employees who perform duties that directly further...
An Alabama priest disgraced after abandoning his parish to travel to Italy with an 18-year-old woman described himself as "married" to her in a Valentine's Day letter.
"I love you, and I thank Jesus for you every day. You have...
Allow me to start this column repeating three times a word many Catholics know or have heard: "totus, totus, totus."
It means "everyone"; no exceptions.
It evokes wholeness and communion.
If at any point we find ourselves searching for a word capable...