By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic Standard
One day earlier, Maryland legislators had approved a bill that would expand access to abortions in the state, and then earlier that day, a Maryland Senate Committee heard testimony on another bill that would let voters...
WASHINGTON — Human rights groups in Washington sounded the alarm after the Salvadoran government began mass arrests and suspended personal freedoms following a record-breaking spree of homicides by gangs in late March.
Almost immediately, El Salvador’s legislative body voted to...
Sunday Scripture reading, April 3, 2022: Fifth Sunday of Lent
1) Is 43:16-21 Psalm 126:1-6
2) Phil 3:8-14 Gospel: Jn 8:1-11
We unite ourselves in solidarity and prayer with all who struggle
Only a month ago, the world watched in disbelief and anger...
By Father Richard Jasper
I threw-up on the night of my first confession. I was eight-years-old.
What sins could I have possibly committed to cause such a reaction? Surely being “mean” to my brother and disobeying my parents were forgivable sins,...
CLAYMONT — Appoquinimink’s offense got going in the first inning, as the Jaguars scored three times on the way to a 14-0, six-inning win over Archmere in softball on March 30.
Alexia Fitzgerald started the game with a single, the...
Today’s reflection:
"What exactly are we talking about when we speak of repentance? First and most simply, to repent means to recognize the reality of personal sin in your life — and to turn away from it. It means putting...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court March 24 ruled in favor of a Texas prisoner who wanted his pastor to pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber.
Although the 8-1 decision specifically focused on...
Remember that old saying, born of frustration: "If it's not one thing, it's another!"
A friend's kids turned that into a way to tease her: "If it's not one thing," they'd chuckle, "it's your mother."
I remembered that when, in a...
WASHINGTON — Under gray skies March 30, a group of faith leaders assembled on the Supreme Court’s steps to show their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court and urge the Senate to quickly vote...
It is with sadness and puzzlement that our world witnesses the invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation, by its neighbor Russia, an exponentially more powerful country politically, economically and militarily.
Of concern for everyone are the global consequences that this...