VATICAN CITY -- For those who learn to look carefully, the world is filled with signs of God's presence, and noticing those signs is the best way to get over feelings of disappointment, Pope Francis said.
Before praying the Angelus...
The church teaches that parents are the primary educators of the faith. I have to be honest: That made me uncomfortable.
Yes, my parents took me to Mass and taught me prayers at a young age, but my Catholic school...
I expected fatherhood to change the routines of my life. Everyone told me it would. Goodbye, sleep. Hello, collapsing in exhaustion at 8 p.m.
What I did not suppose was the way fatherhood would be an occasion for conversion.
Not that...
LUBBOCK, Texas -- After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood's challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a "Sanctuary for the Unborn," a lawyer with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society said he believes these sanctuary cities have...
When I have reunions with my brothers and sisters, at some point we start telling stories about growing up. Invariably, we will remember events, good and bad, from different perspectives. We each tell the same story slightly differently. In...
DOVER — Each head coach has his or her own style, and Matt Sturdivant was ready to introduce his to the Padua soccer team in 2020 after taking over the program following the departure of former coach Joe Brown.
It...
VATICAN CITY -- Agreeing with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx that Catholic leaders cannot adopt an "ostrich policy" in the face of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis still told the cardinal that he would not accept his resignation...
Sunday Scripture readings, June 13, 2021: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Ez 17:22-24 Psalm 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16
2) 2 Cor 5:6-10 Gospel: Mk 4:26-34
Our small seeds of faith can transform the world
"The blood of martyrs is the seed of the...
WASHINGTON -- A nationwide poll of 1,200 likely voters in a general election found that a majority oppose unrestricted abortion on demand throughout pregnancy and support limits on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The Susan B. Anthony List, a...
If a man named Christian takes a job with Catholic cemeteries, you would expect he’d have a storied and lengthy career.
He did.
Mark A. Christian, 65, executive director of Catholic Cemeteries for the Diocese of Wilmington, steps into retirement at...