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The Eighth Commandment is taking a beating on the internet. So is the Fifth. Lying and defaming are no longer sins. They are clickbait. The crisis of fake news and media manipulation is starting to get the attention of U.S....
VATICAN CITY -- Although still hospitalized, Pope Francis has resumed working and celebrated Mass for his caregivers in the small chapel that is part of the suite of rooms reserved for the popes at Rome's Gemelli hospital, the Vatican...
William E. Koenig, the soon-to-be 10th bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, sat down for a question-and-answer session with Joseph P. Owens, editor of The Dialog. The full Q&A appears in “Welcome Our Shepherd” the 72-page special section included...
BEIRUT — In a flash, people’s lives were forever changed shortly after 6 p.m. Aug. 4. And from the moment after the blast, the driving concern for Maronite Catholic Archbishop Paul Abdel Sater was to be beside the people...
VATICAN CITY — Recovering from colon surgery, Pope Francis briefly ran a fever late July 7, leading his doctors to perform a CT scan of his abdomen and chest the next morning to check for signs of infection. The results...
VATICAN CITY  -- Condemning the "heinous assassination" of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Pope Francis urged the people of Haiti to shun violence and make a commitment to dialogue and solidarity as the path to a better future. In a telegram...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Sister Doris Mical, a former director of religious education in the Diocese of Wilmington, died July 3 at St. Michael Villa in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. She was 82 and had been a member of the...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 11, 2021 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Am 7:12-15   Psalm 85:9-14 2) Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10   Gospel: Mk 6:7-13 Take nothing for your journey but trust in God St. Francis of Assisi, familiar and beloved saint, is known for...
William E. Koenig, the soon-to-be 10th bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, sat down for a question-and-answer session with Joseph P. Owens, editor of The Dialog. The full Q&A appears in “Welcome Our Shepherd” the 72-page special section included...
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s bishops have expressed dismay with a Supreme Court decision to declare “unconstitutional” laws prohibiting the use of recreational marijuana. In a statement, “Be ready,” signed by Archbishop Domingo Díaz Martínez of Tulancingo, health commission president —...