BALTIMORE — Neither Archbishop John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the United States, who started the project to build America’s first cathedral, nor Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, the third archbishop of Baltimore, who brought it to completion, could have...
School is done and summer has begun. But between registering kids for sports and mapping family road trips, I’ve had to catch myself. Where could we seek and find God in this new season, too?
Here are seven places you...
Sunday Scripture readings, June 6, 2021: The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
1) Ex 24:3-8 Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18
2) Heb 9:11-15 Gospel: Mk 14:12-16, 22-26
The power of blood in Scripture
A few years ago, the parish Bible discussion...
WILMINGTON — Bishop Malooly, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Wilmington, has lifted the dispensation, and the obligation to attend Sunday and Holy Day Masses will be reinstated effective June 26. The announcement was made June 2 as part...
DOVER — Padua and Smyrna battled for nearly 45 minutes of the DIAA Division I girls soccer championship game tied at a goal each, and few in the crowded bleachers at Dover High School on June 1 would have...
DOVER — Saint Mark's girls soccer team had gone through the 2021 season undefeated, but the Caravel Buccaneers figured out how to stop the high-powered Spartans offense. The Bucs, the top seed in the 12-team postseason field, took the...
ARLINGTON, Va. — “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
These words, while not identical in language to the oath every military member swears on entering the service, are identical in substance.
And...
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and isolated us from each other as authorities struggle to prevent infections. As vaccinations increase, we see fewer new cases, and a welcome relaxation of some precautions -- especially...
VATICAN CITY — A real winner knows how to find victory even in losing, Pope Francis told a group of athletes.
Facing defeat with “maturity,” he said, “helps you grow, helps you understand that, in life, not everything is sweet,...
VATICAN CITY — A series of laws and procedures promulgated by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and, especially, by Pope Francis to protect children, promote the investigation of allegations of clerical sexual abuse and punish offenders are included in a...