Milk and honey make grand appearances in the Old Testament to represent prosperity in the Promised Land. It is God that promises to lead the enslaved Israelites "into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and...
One of God's more timid creatures is embodied with deep religious symbolism forever tied to the Jewish and Christian faiths. The gentle lamb appears as a sacrificial saving grace from Exodus through the New Testament.
Sheep and their infant lambs...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Spanish bishop who had made controversial statements in favor of Catalan independence.
The Vatican announced the resignation Aug. 23 of Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà of Solsona. At 52, Bishop Novell...
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness." -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
What should a retired philosophy professor who is a political skeptic, fiercely pro-life and apparently with...
WASHINGTON -- How many hours are you interacting with media each day? It may be more than you think.
It's one thing to surf the internet. It's another to binge-watch a favorite TV show, or to slap on those noise-canceling...
Face masks are back in vogue at Mass.
The rising nationwide spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus is leading church leaders to strongly encourage -- or even require -- Massgoers to use facial coverings while attending indoor Masses.
Other...
BERLIN -- German bishops are concerned that a decision guaranteeing German health insurers will pay for pregnant women's blood tests to detect Down syndrome will lead to abortion.
Matthias Kopp, spokesman for the German bishops, said that already about 90%...
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube’s blocking of a theologian’s talk on the Christian view of sex as a “content violation” raises serious concerns that “religious speech is being censored online,” San Francisco’s archbishop and Focus on the Family’s president said...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The topic of transgenderism is discussed routinely in the news, on television shows and in schools.
This prevailing ideology -- that a person can change his or her gender -- is impacting Catholic families, too, said Bishop...
The 33rd annual Red Mass held by the Saint Thomas More Society of the Diocese of Wilmington will be Sunday, Oct. 3, 3 p.m., at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Church.
Bishop Koenig will be main celebrant and homilist. A...