By Margaret Rose Realy, OSV News
It’s late summer, when the temperatures are high and rain often sparse -- or torrential and brief -- and plants will reflect this seasonal drought; leaves of hardwoods are dull and drooping and herbaceous...
LISBON, Portugal -- Joyful, singing crowds were walking through Lisbon long after the opening Mass of World Youth Day 2023 was over Aug. 1. The atmosphere surprised even those that lived in the Portuguese capital throughout their lives.
"All those...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Amid the swirl of incense and the fanfare of brass orchestra and choir singing a triumphal "Te Deum," several hundred clergy processed into the opening Mass for the Knights of Columbus 2023 annual convention, escorted by...
It may have been more than 55 years after the fact, but brother Knights and service members paid proper tribute Aug. 1 to a hero priest who lost his life on a combat field in Vietnam.
Chaplain and Vietnam veteran...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- After the Vatican turned down his laicization request earlier this year, Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, retired bishop of Albany, announced in an Aug. 1 statement that he had married in a civil ceremony.
"Last fall, after prayerful...
The Capuchin Poor Clares, coming from Mexico since 1986 to help the Ministry of Caring serve the poor, have conducted elections at St. Veronica Giuliani Monastery in Wilmington.
Mother Clara de Maria Cuevas was elected as Abbess, Sister Maria del...
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump was indicted Aug. 1 by special counsel Jack Smith over his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. That indictment sends...
Saint Mark's High School will have a new principal when the 2023-24 school year opens, according to Saint Mark's President Tom Fertal.
"It is my privilege to inform you that Mr. Stephen DiGennaro ‘89 has been appointed by the Most...
The U.S. bishops have recognized three pro-life advocates for their longtime efforts by presenting them with People of Life awards.
The bishops conferred the 2023 honors on Margaret (Peggy) Hartshorn, board chair of Heartbeat International, a network of U.S. pro-life...
If it seems like only yesterday that Sister Gianna Maria Solomon professed solemn vows as a Sister of Life, it wasn’t.
It was five years ago.
Some important work has happened since then for the Wilmington native, Padua Academy graduate and...