Do you possess a worldview? If so, what is it?
The German word "Weltanschauung" means worldview. On its importance, Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a professor at the University of Berlin, wrote:
"Human beings search for coherence of their lives. They desire a...
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- A senior high picture of Mollie Tibbetts, the 20-year-old college student slain while jogging in her Iowa hometown three years ago, remains pinned to the bulletin board of Angie Gritsch, the former youth minister at Tibbetts'...
VATICAN CITY -- The new series of laws and provisions set out in the revised section on crimes and penalties in the Code of Canon Law will help the Catholic Church in its efforts at safeguarding, said two canon...
Aoife McGurk, an eighth-grader at Christ the Teacher Catholic School in Glasgow, was the national semifinalist for her grade in the 30th annual Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.She was one of 20 students recognized from more than 70,000 participants in...
VATICAN CITY -- German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You could say Cardinal Justin Rigali has had an altar seat to Catholic Church history.
From his youth in Los Angeles to assisting at the Second Vatican Council to a stint in Madagascar to serving four popes,...
WASHINGTON — We’ll always have Homer Simpson with us. The animated bumbler was designed to be the antithesis to the got-it-all-under-control father types like Cliff Huxtable of “The Cosby Show.”
And with “The Simpsons” having been renewed for a 33rd...
MUNDELEIN, Ill. — After hearing the story of a Salvadoran immigrant and her plight to leave her home country, bishops from the U.S., Central America and Mexico meeting in Mundelein June 2 turned to a camera facing a woman...
“One of Us” is brief snapshot of people who support the church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Susan Parker
HOMETOWN: Salisbury, MD
PARISH: St. Francis De Sales
What does...
GREENVILLE — During more than 20 years as pastor of St. Joseph on the Brandywine Parish in Greenville and 61 years as a priest, Msgr. Joseph Rebman accumulated a lot of things. Books – lots of books. Also vestments,...