VATICAN CITY -- People have a responsibility to care for the elderly and cherish their wisdom rather than regard them as a burden on society, Pope Francis said.
Instead of learning from older generations, those who ascribe to the throwaway...
NEW YORK-- New York Ukrainian Catholics and other worshippers found community and solace June 11 at St. Patrick's Cathedral where Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia,...
Catholic Youth Ministry recently crowned four champions in track and field after a season-ending meet held May 22 at Abessinio Stadium in Wilmington. St. Mary Magdalen and St. Ann’s won the Division I boys and girls titles, respectively, while...
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NAME: William Hamant
HOMETOWN: Newark
PARISH: St. Thomas More Oratory
What...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I write concerning the three-year National Eucharistic Revival that will begin on June 19, 2022 — the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. In the words of the National Committee organizing the Revival, it will be...
St. Anthony's Italian Festival has had mostly good weather this week since its first full-fledged return to Wilmington in three years.
Pandemic-driven curtailments knocked the festival out, and it has not been completely open since 2019.
It's back in all its...
WHEELING, W.Va. — Pointing to the words of St. Jerome, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ," writer Christine Anghie said the purpose of her books is "to teach the younger ones."
In her tales of fictional characters interacting with...
Q. Please forgive my awful handwriting. I have multiple sclerosis and also Parkinson's disease and can no longer do very well on a typewriter or computer. My question is: Why is it so hard to obtain first-class relics? (Also, do...
WASHINGTON -- The son of Ruth E. Whitfield, the oldest victim of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store, told a rally in Washington June 11 that the nation needs to "lower" its weapons and "replace...
WASHINGTON-- The 20th anniversary of the U.S. bishops' passage of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" is "not a time of celebration, but a time of continued vigilance and determination," said the president of the...