The weather was nasty as I hunkered on a Saturday morning over my computer with a cup of cocoa. Rain, wind and icy shards of snow battered the window in my attic office as if to remind me that...
Today’s reflection:
"Daughter, when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul and ennobles it.
Every time you go to confession, immerse...
Like many people, I have spent the past few weeks watching and reading the news out of Ukraine. Images of desperate refugees fleeing home, of men pressed into service, of mass graves are now firmly lodged in my mind.
I...
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Just over five years ago, Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville came to a crossroads.
The racial tension felt in communities across the country during the 2016 U.S. presidential election also showed its face in the 65-year-old...
VATICAN CITY — Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, Ukraine’s besieged capital, has invited Pope Francis and other religious leaders to come to the city and witness for peace.
“The Holy Father has received the letter from the mayor of the...
CHALATENANGO, El Salvador — In the church, we often live with drama. We would like the Holy Spirit to guide us from point A to point B and take us through the world without complications.
We feel hurt by some...
WASHINGTON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about "the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that's deadly for oligarchies and...
Today’s reflection:
"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.” — St. Isidore of Seville
St. Isidore of Seville was a 7th century scholar and cleric....
WASHINGTON -- In a March 11 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ended a challenge by abortion clinics to a state law that bans most abortions in Texas.
The court ruled that state officials, including licensing officials, do not have the...
Ten billboards promoting “Reconciliation Monday” around the Diocese of Wilmington have begun going up to remind parishioners about the penance event that is scheduled to happen at every church in the diocese April 11 from 3-8 p.m.
Catholics from throughout...