MILLTOWN — St. Elizabeth boys basketball coach Mike Cassidy called a timeout with 4:11 left in the third quarter of the Vikings’ game Jan. 18 at Saint Mark’s after Spartans forward Jabri White had gone coast to coast for...
Prominent leaders of the religious freedom movement introduced an organization they say will work to defend religious liberty and support political candidates at all levels of government who back the free practice of religion.
Charging that religious practice is increasingly...
The latest push to legalize physician-assisted suicide is another effort by big-money insurance companies to brush aside people with disabilities and those with illnesses that are handled more easily and cheaply by ending the sick person’s life instead of...
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court sent a challenge to the Texas abortion law back to the state’s Supreme Court Jan. 17.
The decision leaves the law in place and is expected to delay action on reviewing a challenge to...
The week gets off to a slow start because of the federal holiday, with just the Saint Mark’s wrestling team scheduled to be in action on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But after that, it’s back to a more...
WASHINGTON -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged all people of goodwill to commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Jan. 17 holiday named for him by remembering...
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana and Georgetown University in Washington are among a group of some 16 private educational institutions named in a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to fix student financial aid distribution formulas among them.
The effect...
WASHINGTON -- The 10th annual "9 Days for Life" novena, sponsored by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, takes place this year from Jan. 19 to Jan. 27.
Catholics nationwide are invited to take part in this novena for...
Legislators in Delaware are again attempting to approve legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state.
House Bill 140 will be the topic of discussion Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. in a virtual hearing before the House Human Development...
"Blessed are they who mourn," Jesus tells us in the second beatitude delivered at his Sermon on the Mount, "for they will be comforted" (Mt 5:4).
So what is comfort? And who offers that comfort?
As a parish music and liturgy...