By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic Standard
The standing room crowd of more than 6,000 people from across the United States attending the Jan. 19 opening Mass for the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the...
Q: What happened to Limbo? (Sacramento, Cal.)
A: Traditionally, limbo was thought of as a “place” in the afterlife that was neither heaven nor purgatory, but which also didn’t involve the full sufferings of hell proper. Limbo was meant for...
WILMINGTON — Ursuline pressed and ran its way to a 24-0 lead against Saint Mark’s on Jan. 19, and the Raiders went on to a 52-21 victory at Laffey-McHugh Gymnasium. The Raiders remained unbeaten at 12-0 on the season.
The...
The U.S. Supreme Court revealed Jan. 19 that after a monthslong investigation by its marshal, it has yet to identify who leaked the draft of the high court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The June 2022...
VATICAN CITY -- As the Biden administration and state governments look at ways to expand or restrict access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, Pope Francis prayed that God would strengthen people's commitment to protecting human...
Not in Washington for the 2023 March for Life? Have no fear. Pro-life advocates from around the country can mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by virtually participating in events being...
One of the primary ways throwaway culture works — especially in a consumer culture like ours, which tries to hide the equal dignity of those found to be too burdensome or otherwise inconvenient — is by using language that...
Sunday Scripture readings, January 22, 2023: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 8:23—9:3, Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14, 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
Miracles await, but we need to be attentive, open, ready for God
In 1957, Reader's Digest published...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- Cardinal Justin Rigali, 87, is "awake, alert and resting comfortably" after being hospitalized Jan. 16 for "what we can only describe as a 'medical condition,'" a spokesman for the Diocese of Knoxville told OSV News.
Since his retirement...
Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually -- one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they're funny; they remind me not to take myself, or the world,...