VATICAN CITY — Opening an international conference on priesthood, Pope Francis insisted that those who are not close to God in prayer, close to their bishop and other priests and immersed in the lives of their people are simply...
As a public-facing historian of Black women, I have always relished the fact that Black History Month and Women's History Month are successive in the United States.
Having 59 (or in leap years, 60) straight days to amplify the stories...
"You are brave. Thank you for showing up!"
I am brave, I thought. I did show up!
"You are here for a reason. What's that reason?!"
I am here for a reason ... oh gosh, what is my reason?
I found myself muttering...
When I was in high school, my English class read Ovid's "Metamorphoses" in an edition that showed Daphne in the altogether, as she was transformed into a laurel tree.
The principal caused a minor flap when he directed us to...
VATICAN CITY — Eastern Catholic churches must strengthen their liturgical identity, especially given ongoing conflicts in many of the homelands of those churches and the continuing migration of Eastern Catholics to countries where most Catholics belong to the Latin...
CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Rams may have won Super Bowl LVI over the Cincinnati Bengals, but students in Catholic schools in both archdioceses are winners as well.
Donors contributed more than $22,000 — and counting as of Feb. 17...
"If you want peace, work for justice," Pope Paul VI said in 1972 in his World Day of Peace message.
To be a sower of peace means to be a sower of seeds you may never reap. To be a...
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Mt 5:9).
When Jesus said this as he spoke from the hilltop, what did he mean?
An ordinary first-century Jewish citizen could do little to bring political or military...
The Diocese of Wilmington Gospel Choir is recruiting members.
All voices – soprano, alto, tenor, bass – are welcomed.
The choir sings throughout the diocese when requested, including special feast days for the bishop and at Saint Joseph’s on French Street...
Sunday Scripture readings, Feb. 20, 2022, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13
2) 1 Cor 15:45-49 Gospel: Lk 6:27-38
Jesus calls us to imitate his divine example of forgiveness and mercy
Jesus'...