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WASHINGTON -- Below are some excerpts from the Supreme Court's June 24 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a challenge to a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. In affirming the law 6-3, the high court also...
WASHINGTON-- Amid cries of defiance and jubilation, Father Tim Wezner stood out for his quiet prayer, holding a rosary and contemplating the crowd outside the Supreme Court of the United States June 24 after a majority of justices overturned...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did...
Marylanders will vote for governor, new state senators and delegates, a U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representatives, and other offices in the upcoming election. Learn about the candidates The Maryland Catholic Conference sent a survey to more than 500 primary election candidates...
Bishop Koenig’s homily the Sunday after the Roe v Wade reversal referred to the Gospel from Luke 9:51-62 recited at Masses June 25-26, which spoke of Jesus preparing to enter a Samaritan Village where he was not welcomed. Disciples...
WILMINGTON — Generations of students at Padua Academy have had the good fortune to experience a history class with Barbara Markham. Over the course of the next school year, she will be sharing her expertise with the rest of...
Plenty of states such as Delaware and Maryland have laws that will prevent the June 24 U.S. Supreme Court rejection of the Roe v. Wade case from having an immediate impact on the right to have an abortion in...
WASHINGTON -- In a 6-3 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country. The court's 213-page ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization was not...
Priests and religious in the Diocese of Wilmington now have another option when they are looking for some rest or reflection. The Norbertine Fathers of the Immaculate Conception Priory in Middletown have transformed a farmhouse on their property on Bayview...
We can learn much from Scripture and the teachings of the church about the value of encountering those different from ourselves. Certainly, Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well (Jn 4:4-42) his dining in the tax collector's home (Mt...