I went to high school before Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's constitutional right to abortion and an absolute right during the first trimester.
In early May, we read of an unprecedented leak of a...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 3, 2022: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Is 66:10-14 Psalm 66: 1-7, 16, 20
2) Gal 6:14-18 Gospel: Lk 10:1-12, 17-20
Maturity means seeing clearly that everything comes from the God who loves us
We are born after...
PHILADELPHIA -- Ukrainian Catholics in Philadelphia and throughout the nation are "(welcoming) the European Union's courageous step to extend Ukraine candidate status," said Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S.
Charles Michel, president of the...
By Our Sunday Visitor
For almost three generations of Americans, abortion has been not only a constitutional right but a fact of life.
On June 24, 2022, the facts of life changed.
In voting 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law at the...
WASHINGTON -- The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools was unconstitutional resurrected interest in what are known as Blaine amendments.
Such amendments prohibited public funds being used to...
“One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Tom Guns
HOMETOWN: Rising Sun, Md.
PARISH: Church of...
SAN ANTONIO-- The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck.
Authorities said June 28 the death toll rose...
VATICAN CITY — Whether resting, traveling, working, serving others or going on a retreat, when students use their school breaks well, they are on the path to greater maturity, Pope Francis said.
"Besides recreation and rest, I know that some...
VATICAN CITY — Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council.
Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June...
VATICAN CITY-- A truly pro-life celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade would lead to cooperative efforts to pass legislation protecting life, women's rights and motherhood, said an editorial in Vatican News and L'Osservatore Romano,...