VATICAN CITY — Many Catholics look at religious orders of men or women and wonder what their vow of poverty means. After all, the brothers, priests and nuns run schools and hospitals, have large convents or abbeys and they...
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee welcomed the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and an increase in nutrition assistance to families struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, who...
Everything old is news again.
Just as Jesus said, "The poor you will have with you always," it seems as if the same news subjects, with different dimensions, keep cropping up over the past century.
Here we examine just four topics...
What is it about service that touches us so deeply?
During the Washington lockdown before the inauguration, I talked with U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court police and the National Guard. As I left them, I felt a beautiful feeling of...
VATICAN CITY -- Praying with Scripture is not meant to be a mindless repetition of biblical quotes but instead is a gift that is meant to be accepted in people's hearts, Pope Francis said.
During his weekly general audience Jan....
WASHINGTON -- According to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, more Americans say the coronavirus pandemic has strengthened their religious faith than those in 13 other nations that possess what Pew called "advanced economies."
On the other side...
VATICAN CITY -- Remembering the Holocaust and its victims is not only an act of solidarity but also serves as a warning to humanity that such horrors could happen again, Pope Francis said.
Before concluding his weekly general audience Jan....
The Compass
Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin
This year's 48th annual March for Life in Washington was canceled due to safety concerns stemming from the pandemic, as well as the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. A live broadcast of a scaled-down march...
WILMINGTON — The parking lot behind Immaculate Heart of Mary School was buzzing on the morning of Jan. 22. Filled — or as filled as possible with social distancing in place — with eighth-grade students, younger spectators, teachers and...
Catholic Charities, Inc. of the Diocese of Wilmington again asks for all its communities to “Stock the Pantry” by contributing nonperishable food goods in order for the agency to meet the unprecedented need for food assistance during the pandemic.
The...