"Sometimes we are starving to see every bit of what is right in front of us," Brian Doyle wrote in a prose-poem that appears in a collection of his writings titled "One Long River of Song." The book includes...
One surprising note of the past year is how many of us got into bird-watching! I remember old sitcoms from my childhood where a bird-watcher was its very own special type of nerd. They wore khaki shorts, knee socks,...
Benedictine Father Wulfstan Francis Clough, a monk of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pa., marks the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in 2021. Father Wulfstan is a native of Wilmington.
He is the son of the late...
WASHINGTON — A page on the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops answers a series of questions regarding the bishops’ vote to approve drafting a document on the Eucharist during their spring general assembly June 16-18.
Presented in...
Maura Sanders, a rising senior at Padua Academy, is one of 51 middle and high school; students from across the country who are represented at National History Day’s online exhibit, which is available through June 29. Sanders’ project is...
BEIRUT — Nearly a year after the blast at the Beirut port, the memory of that night is still so vivid.
Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui, located about a half-mile from the site of the explosion, suffered extensive damage the night of...
WASHINGTON — “The Phantom,” a new documentary on a capital murder case gone awry, is being released in theaters amid a Catholic Mobilizing Network campaign asking President Joe Biden to abolish the federal death penalty.
The online petition had already...
Sunday Scripture readings, June 27, 2021: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Psalm 30: 2, 4-6, 11-13
2) 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15 Gospel: Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35-43
God's creative hand has never stopped touching the world with...
WASHINGTON -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace praised President Joe Biden June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to...
CLEVELAND — Officials overseeing Catholic Charities-connected housing initiatives are calling on Congress to boost funding and expand tax credits for affordable housing programs that serve older adults and homeless people.
Three officials made their pitch to congressional staffers during an...