WILMINGTON — Relics are a very deep and ancient Catholic tradition, according to one diocesan priest, and Catholics in the area can venerate a first-class relic of a 20th century young man who died at age 15 and was...
(Tibor Nagy and Alex Rock are parishioners at St. Patrick’s in Wilmington. They attended World Youth Day in Lisbon earlier this month and offer this reflection.)
When we first started telling people about our idea to attend this year’s World...
HONOLULU -- Catholic Charities Hawai'i in the Honolulu Diocese has appealed for donations to help the agency meet the housing, food and other needs of what could be thousands of victims from wildfires raging on the island of Maui...
Yes, Tuesday, August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (and the Patronal Feast of the Diocese of Trenton), IS a holy day of obligation. Catholics are obliged to attend Mass either on...
Dear Friends in Christ,
Here are a few things that you may or may not know about the history our Cathedral of St. Peter.
The first Mass was celebrated in St. Peter’s on September 13, 1818, and it has been a...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we present the second part of our two-part salute to Father Roberto Balducelli who died 10 years ago, on August 10, 2013, at the age of 100.
We talk...
Q: With the end of Covid and years without the precious Blood, I am not comfortable drinking from the communal cup now that it is offered. Why can we not go to intinction? Why is this forbidden? (Location withheld)
A:...
As I stood at the bars of the chilling confines of St. Maximilian Kolbe‘s cell within the walls of Auschwitz, I couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by an inexplicable mix of emotions. The gravity of the place and the...
By Kenneth Craycraft
"Night" by Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang Publishing
120 pages, $6.50
In the early spring of 1945, as the end of World War II in Europe was approaching, 16-year-old Elie Wiesel was forced to march from the Auschwitz concentration camp,...
Father Brian Capuano has worn many hats during his tenure as a priest: pastor, mentor, director of worship and vicar for vocations, just to name a few.
An unlikely hat for a priest to don is that of brewmaster, but...