WASHINGTON -- St. Patrick's Day has its corned beef and cabbage and St. Joseph's Day has zeppoles -- Italian cream-filled doughnuts.
The two feasts days, just two days apart, fall in the middle of Lent this year. St. Joseph's Day,...
WASHINGTON -- Patrick Kelly's formal installation as the 14th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus is still off in the indefinite future because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he officially began his new job March 1 at the...
Pope Francis has invited Catholics to focus our attention this year on St. Joseph, patron of the universal church. I commend him for this invitation.
I have always been fascinated about how much Christians have said throughout the centuries about...
VATICAN CITY -- While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is "illicit," said the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The negative judgment is on the blessing of unions, not...
VATICAN CITY -- The uncertainty and death brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic can be an opportunity for humanity to reflect on how to build a better world, Pope Francis said in a new book.
"The world will never be...
If it's Lent, it's time for a fish fry at your local parish.
At least that's been the case for so many years in the past.
Many local parishes saw typical Lenten observations blown up since last year's outbreak of the...
Welcome to The Dialog’s Lenten Journey for 2021, “Forty Days, Forty Deeds.”
Throughout the season, we will be offering suggestions for acts of prayer, kindness and charity to enrich your faith journey, along with readings for the day from the...
Bishop Malooly plans to return to celebration of public Mass in the Diocese of Wilmington on Sunday, April 18 at the Cathedral of St. Peter.
The bishop also expects to celebrate the annual Chrism Mass on April 20 at the...
Most Catholics are intimately aware of the three pillars of Lenten practice -- prayer, fasting and almsgiving. And in these unprecedented times that have become the new normal, that call to prayer, fasting and, yes, even almsgiving, remains.
Almsgiving is...
DOVER – St. Elizabeth's girls basketball team earned its first win over Sanford on Jan. 21, a 62-57 decision that boosted their record to 4-0. Little did they know as they walked off the court in Hockessin that it...