Sunday Scripture readings for February 26, 2023, First Sunday of Lent
Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17
Rom 5:12-19 (alt Rom 5:12, 17-19) Mt 4:1-11
We witness God's mercy best when we are at our worst
Forbidden fruit is the sweetest,...
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. -- The crowd of people praying in the parking lot of St. John Vianney Church in the Los Angeles suburb of Hacienda Heights late Feb. 20 -- parents with their children, parishioners getting off of work,...
More than 160 people — mostly young people, but also some families — gathered at Holy Cross Church in Dover on Feb. 3 for “Jesus Night,” which was filled with discussion, faith-building, music, games, sharing and adoration, according to...
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Feb. 22 that the suspect arrested in the shooting death of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell has been charged with murder.
Carlos Medina, 61, was taken into...
ROME-- What matters is the truth and the love that God sees, not what is superficial, showy and self-centered, Pope Francis said during a Mass to mark the beginning of Lent.
Lent is the time, he said, "to proclaim that...
The Super Bowl has come and gone, its final score to be celebrated by some, forgotten by most. But before that fateful Sunday fades from view, a message from that day deserves a replay.
Two commercials aired during the Super...
By Father Patrick Briscoe
A recent internal memo issued, and subsequently retracted, by the FBI labeled “radical traditionalist Catholics” as “potential terrorists.”
Since the memo’s release, 20 state attorneys general have objected to the memo’s premise that Catholics are an extremist...
"Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you – for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart."– St. Therese of Lisieux
To help the faithful observe Lent in the Diocese...
By Gerry Jackson
Catholic Review (Baltimore)
Two bills that conflict directly with Catholic values and the protection of life are progressing in the Maryland General Assembly.
A bill that would legalize assisted suicide (SB0845/End-of-Life Action Act) was reintroduced Feb. 7 in the...
VATICAN CITY -- A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis asked, "Can the Lord forgive so many crimes and so much violence? He is the God of peace."
At the end of his weekly general audience Feb. 22...