WASHINGTON — An opportunity for more research on ectopic pregnancies cannot be overlooked as controversy over these pregnancies erupted following Roe v. Wade being overturned.
In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision, people have voiced concerns...
VATICAN CITY — Humanity can no longer ignore the cries of the earth that is suffering due to greed and the excessive consumption of its resources, Pope Francis said.
In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation,...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland-based Catholic Sentinel and El Centinela newspapers will close Oct. 1, reflecting a national transition in Catholic communications, according to a news release issued jointly July 21 by the Archdiocese of Portland and Oregon Catholic...
There are many lines from the 1987 film "The Princess Bride" that are memorable, given that the characters are so well-crafted and portrayed.
It is not uncommon in my family for someone to blurt out the famous trope, "My name...
There was a Trump rally held in my old hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, recently. I've read the news reports, but the thing I keep recalling is the picture someone posted of a crude, scatological message scrawled in a women's...
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." -- Mercutio, "Romeo and Juliet"
In the past two and a half months I've been to four funerals. Friends. A spouse of a friend. A child of a...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 24, 2022: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Gn 18:20-32 Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8
2) Col 2:12-14 Gospel: Lk 11:1-13
Prayer is meant to draw us closer to God
I recently came across a story of a Ukrainian teenager who...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Clients of the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware gathered at St. Edmond’s Academy the week of July 18 for the opportunity to learn to ride bicycles and the independence that comes with it.
The iCanBike Camp, a...
St.Mary Star of the Sea parish held its "Christmas in July" celebration for the International Student Outreach Program.
The program enables international students to spend the summer in seaside towns in Maryland and Delaware working at local businesses.
ISOP is an...
My cradle Catholic parents instilled in me the importance of going to Mass religiously (no pun intended) but were never able to articulate why we went, answering only "because we are Catholic and that is what good Catholics do."
It...