WASHINGTON — Less than a week after President Joe Biden signed an executive order announcing the formation of a commission to look into possible reforms to the Supreme Court, congressional Democrats are moving ahead with introducing legislation to expand...
VATICAN CITY — Politics can be regenerated by recognizing the importance of spirituality in people’s lives, Pope Francis said.
“That is why it is essential that faith communities meet together and fraternize in order to work ‘for and with the...
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic Standard
In a packed last few days of the 2021 session of the Maryland General Assembly, legislators increased funding for the BOOST (Broadening Options & Opportunities for Students Today) scholarship program and approved several types of support...
When Msgr. Joseph F. Rebman informed parishioners at St. Joseph on the Brandywine this week that he is retiring May 10 at age 85 and after 61 years as a priest, it marked an historic conclusion of active ministry...
Sunday Scripture readings, April 18, 2021
Third Sunday of Easter
1) Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9
2) 1 Jn 2:1-5a Gospel: Lk 24:35-48
The Easter mystery heals our doubt and disbelief
My father-in-law's father, Edward, was mistakenly listed as killed in...
VATICAN CITY -- Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.
"Everything in the church originates in prayer and everything...
MEXICO CITY -- The apostolic nuncio to Mexico urged the country's bishops to "look reality in the eye" as the country's non-Catholic population increases and Mexicans increasingly identify as nonreligious.
Speaking April 12 at the opening of the Mexican bishops'...
In 1919, a mob of several thousand people dragged a Black man named Will Brown from an Omaha courthouse. He had been accused of raping a white woman, but never given a trial. He was beaten, hanged, shot over...
By Mother Agnes Mary Donovan
The Lord is risen! As we celebrate the resurrection, the Lord's words to his disciples in the upper room resound with particular poignancy this year: "I will come back again and take you to myself,...
WILMINGTON — Saint Mark’s girls soccer team, ranked second in Division II by Delaware Live, got an early goal, which held up in a 1-0 victory over the No. 3 team, Ursuline, on April 13 at Serviam Field.
Alyssa Ruggeri...