LOS ANGELES -- My own parish priest, a Los Angeles Rams fan, jokingly referred to Super Bowl Sunday as "a holy day of obligation," and that's what it feels like for many Americans.
As fans prepare to watch the Rams...
ALAPOCAS — Archmere’s boys basketball team endured a challenging first half against Wilmington Friends on Feb. 10, and the Auks were never able to rebound as the Quakers went on to a 35-27 victory. The loss snapped a six-game...
BEAR — There is a new name, new director, even a new bishop, but the goal remains the same: to help the Diocese of Wilmington provide the ministries and services to which its residents have become accustomed.
That was the...
Tom Brady has retired. Even as I write these words, I can still hardly believe it. The "greatest of all time" NFL quarterback's career began when I was 16. I'm now nearly 38.
Since he was drafted, I graduated from...
WASHINGTON — Catholic college leaders hardly need reminding that they work in challenging times, but during the Feb. 7 closing session of their annual meeting, they got just that.
“We at the Department of Education thank you for what you’ve...
VATICAN CITY — When euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is legalized, “it starts to be regarded as a ‘normal death,’“ and even as the most desirable way of dying, said a professor from Belgium, where euthanasia has been legal for...
WASHINGTON -- Father Paul Hartmann, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, has been appointed associate general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, effective in May.
In the post, he will serve as administrator of the USCCB's pastoral...
Sunday Scripture readings, Feb. 13, 2022: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Jer 17:5-8 Psalm 1:1-4, 6
2) 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 Gospel: Lk 6:17, 20-26
Trust in God and God alone
Our first reading begins: "Cursed is the one who trusts in...
LOS ANGELES -- Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati are rooting for their home team in Super Bowl LVI, but they also have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Catch Father Dailey on Thursday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m., for Catholic Conversations: "The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church" at St. Thomas More Oratory in Newark.
Long ago, St. Francis de Sales wrote about...