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BETHESDA, Md. -- For all the positive energy and enthusiasm at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart July 19, it wouldn't be a surprise if Olympic-bound swimmers and alumnae, Katie Ledecky and Phoebe Bacon, could hear the...
WASHINGTON — At a Capitol Hill media event July 21, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington joined immigrants, agriculture and business representatives and two U.S. senators in calling for legislative protections for immigrants that keep families together, including a...
Bishop Koenig has renewed the appointments of several diocesan officials and deans. Those positions were technically left vacant once Bishop Koenig was appointed to the Diocese of Wilmington at the end of April and the tenure of Bishop Malooly...
CLEVELAND — Although Jesuit Father Fred Kammer is stepping down as executive director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute in his native New Orleans come July 31, he’s nowhere near ready to fully retire and stop his work to...
WASHINGTON — A Catholic school in Lansing, Mich., and two school parents are suing state officials over the state’s requirement that students wear face masks in school, saying this violated the school’s religious practices. A lower court sided with state...
I recently became a first-time homeowner. After renting for nearly three decades, I have immediately recognized the blessings of this status change. For starters, my husband and I have the opportunity to put equity into something; we have space to...
St. Patrick's parishioner and photographer Allison Girone spent most of the day Tuesday, July 13, taking pictures at the ordination and Mass of installation of Bishop Koenig at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington. Many of her photographs from both inside...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 25, 2021: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) 2 Kgs 4:42-44  Psalm 145: 10-11, 15-18 2) Eph 4:1-6  Gospel: Jn 6:1-15 God satisfies our spiritual hunger The social isolation of lockdowns and quarantines imposed during the pandemic underscored the...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ September trip to Hungary and Slovakia features a jam-packed schedule that shows he has no intention of slowing down despite his recent recovery from colon surgery. The Vatican July 21 released the pope’s schedule for...
Every subscriber of digital services and smartphones which access personal information should be aware that their actions are no longer “private” — even despite the best efforts and intentions of service providers. That is the opinion of Brett Robinson, director...