Q: I think the Catholic Church's Lenten discipline is kind of a joke. Specifically, Friday abstinence really isn't that tough since most people aren't going to suffer if they can't have meat for one day a week. Why doesn't...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff policy Feb. 20, finding it exceeded his authority, marking a major setback for his economic agenda.
In effect, a tariff is a tax imposed by a government...
“Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.”
— St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, gives us two challenges: to take total responsibility for what we do, and at the same...
Two Virginia bishops are hailing the halt of legislation that would have legalized assisted suicide in that state.
"Human life is sacred and no one should ever be abandoned or discarded," said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington and Bishop...
WASHINGTON -- The Holy See "will not participate" in President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, said Feb. 17, citing "points that leave us somewhat perplexed."
In comments to reporters at...
WASHINGTON -- Areas of critical concern for religious liberty in the U.S. include political and anti-religious violence, "unjust terms and conditions on federal grants, and unreliability of government," access to sacraments for people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
A young man painting a chapel in Puebla was killed when gunmen shot at a work crew involved in community service in what was the second recent act of violence targeting churches in one of Mexico's largest and most...
Did you get your ashes yesterday? Hard to believe Lent is already here, and many people are looking for ways to connect during this solemn season. Here are a few things to check out in the Diocese of Wilmington:
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"When we pray the psalms we are praying the prayers Jesus would have prayed."
On this episode of Catholic Forum, Hannah is joined by Emily Mae Mentock, author of "Praying with the Psalms:3 Minute Devotions for Lent and Holy Week...
Father John Solomon is already thinking about the next step for the diocesan Vocations Office following “Listening to God’s Call,” an event held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brandywine Hundred on Feb. 13.
Nine men attended the evening...