MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. — Sister Katherine Ann Durney, a member of the Congregation of Bon Secours, died July 23 at Marian Hall in Marriottsville, Md., the retirement home for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA. She was 97.
Sister Kay, as...
With a surge in the first few months of 2021 of minors entering the United States without a parent or guardian, figures from fiscal year 2020 already have surpassed the total of unaccompanied minors who made border entries during...
TOKYO -- "Golden is thy fame, indeed," the University of Notre Dame in Indiana tweeted July 25 after Lee Kiefer, class of 2017, won the gold medal in women's foil fencing at the Tokyo Games.
She beat defending champion Inna...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican reported the Roman Curia had a $78 million deficit in 2020, and on the same day, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, which administers Vatican properties and investments, made a summary...
VATICAN CITY -- As thousands of athletes gathered for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Pope Francis gave them his blessing and extended it to those organizing and supporting the events.
"In this time of pandemic, may these Games be...
WILMINGTON — Someone else is going to have to open the doors at St. Elizabeth School from now on.
After 46 years in Catholic education — all but one at St. Elizabeth School — M.J. Quill is stepping aside. A...
Q. My question centers on the physical appearance of the body of Jesus as he hangs on various crucifixes. I have yet to see one which conveys the suffering that Christ must have experienced during his scourging, when straps...
Introduction to the "Divine Comedy"
Dante Alighieri, author of the "Divine Comedy" (called by him simply "Commedia"), lived during the cusp of the 13th and 14th centuries (1265-1321), a period that was also a transitional one between the Middle Ages...
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265; we do not know the day, but he tells us it was under the sign of Gemini.
We know relatively little about Dante's life that does not derive from his writings. We...
Fresh from his 10-day stay in the hospital, Pope Francis dropped a Friday bombshell when he released his document, issued "motu proprio," restoring, and in some cases adding to, the church's restrictions on celebrating the Tridentine Mass.
The outcry has...