VATICAN CITY -- Priests should try to help show the true face of the church as an open, welcoming home inhabited by the Lord and enlivened by love, said Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of the Bishops,...
WASHINGTON -- St. Peter gained the upper hand on St. Patrick's Day when the underdog team of the small Jesuit school, Saint Peter's University of Jersey City, New Jersey, upset the mighty University of Kentucky in the first round...
ROME -- One of the Orthodox scholars who signed a statement condemning as "heresy" the political vision of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is a U.S.-born Russian Orthodox nun and scholar of Byzantine liturgy.
Sister Vassa Larin, a nun...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis again condemned Russia's war on Ukraine, calling it a "senseless massacre" and "sacrilegious" attack on human life.
"Sadly, the violent aggression against Ukraine does not stop, a senseless massacre where each day slaughter and atrocities...
Bishop Koenig will join Pope Francis at noon on Friday, March 25, in special prayer as he consecrates Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, followed by the 12:10 p.m. Mass, at the Cathedral of St. Peter...
The busiest season of the high school sports calendar gets under way Monday afternoon with a few girls soccer games and one girls lacrosse game on the Eastern Shore. Until then, everyone is 0-0 and tied for first place.
There...
Today’s reflection:
“Why does this sacrament exert such force? Some of it, I’m sure, is that it just feels good to let the weight of all our wrongs roll off our shoulders." — Greg Kandra
Deacon Greg Kandra, author at The...
Sometimes we don't "go" to prayer, but prayer comes to us.
Maybe a sunrise, a poem, a location becomes an experience of a thin place, a moment when we feel a movement of grace.
Often, those moments are inspired by music....
Today’s reflection:
"It is part of our faith that in Jesus Christ all sin has already been forgiven. Confession is not to decide whether God will forgive; that has already happened. In confession the hope is to hear that truth...
Here's some challenging, ancient wisdom from the desert fathers: "Do not trust in your own righteousness, do not worry about the past. But control your tongue and your stomach."
Intermittent fasting is a big thing these days. Hmmm. Interesting. The...