Few events on the world stage create more attention than a papal election. People everywhere, Catholic and non-Catholic, are riveted by the news as they watch the church transition from one Vicar of Christ to another. Everyone waits anxiously...
Q: What exactly are my Easter duties? My grandparents sometimes talk about "the Easter duty," but I'm not sure if this was just a pre-Vatican II thing, or something I still need to worry about. (United Kingdom)
A: In broad...
Thousands gather in St. Peter's Square, waiting for the sign that a new pope has been elected. All watch as the dark wisps of smoke ascending from the Sistine Chapel turn to white, and a cheer arises that will...
As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome for the conclave that will elect our next pope, the rest of us may feel like we have no real role to play in the process. And yet, that is absolutely...
WILMINGTON – Like high school seniors across the Diocese of Wilmington, Padua Academy's Elce Walsh has selected the location of the next part of her educational journey.
Walsh, a member of St. Cornelius Parish in Chadds Ford, Pa., gathered with...
WILMINGTON – Seven nurses from Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington have earned Excellence in Nursing Awards from Delaware Today magazine. The nurses were nominated by their peers for extraordinary care and commitment to serving the community.
The honorees from Saint...
PARIS -- As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what's believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus --...
VATICAN CITY -- St. John Paul II had the Domus Sanctae Marthae built primarily to house cardinals in simple comfort during a conclave.
Pope Francis, who stayed there during the conclave that elected him in 2013, decided to live there...
The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, despite strong opposition from the state's Catholic bishops.
The bishops are now calling on all Catholics to contact their state senators and urge them...
VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state since early in the pontificate of Pope Francis, has long been near the top of pundits' lists of potential successors to the Argentine pope.
As secretary of state, the 70-year-old...