By Melissa Lesieur
At one time in my life, I volunteered to bring the Eucharist to homebound parishioners directly from Sunday Mass. I would arrive at the person’s house with the consecrated hosts cradled in my pyx. We would read...
As my mom grew older, she became less mobile. When we'd visit the mall she wouldn't walk to the parking lot; we'd find a secure bench outside a store, and she would wait there for us to bring the...
Q: Since the church teaches that God is a forgiving God, how could He banish a person to Hell? It is very difficult for me to believe that God would make that an eternal habitat for anyone. (Unspecified city,...
BALTIMORE -- The Archdiocese of Baltimore's Grief Ministry is working to help the families affected by the July 2 mass shooting in the South Baltimore community of Brooklyn that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi and 18-year-old Aaliyah...
The Columbiettes of St. Thomas the Apostle in Wilmington hosted a "Blessing Shower" for the Sisters of Christ the Light at their June meeting at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Church.
The shower gifts consisted of cash donations collected to...
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden meets July 18 with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Cardinal Zuppi, the archbishop of Bologna, Italy, and president of the Italian...
WASHINGTON -- The United States endured a record number of mass killings in the first half of 2023, according to a new analysis. The report came in tandem with news that at least four people were killed in a...
Sunday Scripture readings for July 23, 2023, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wis 12:13, 16-19 Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 Rom 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-43
Even weeds can become wheat
As a city dweller who is more familiar with steel and cement than...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has named four priests in the Los Angeles Archdiocese as auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese: Msgr. Albert M. Bahhuth, Capuchin Franciscan Father Matthew Elshoff, Father Brian Nunes and Father Slawomir S. Szkredka.
Bishop-designate Bahhuth, a priest...
During the COVID pandemic, my husband and I took turns watching “Cocomelon” with the then two-year-old. A brightly colored show with apparently animatronic humans singing not quite catchy (nor easily forgettable) songs, “Cocomelon” was standard viewing in the first...