WASHINGTON -- Bishops throughout the country welcomed the inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation's 46th president, saying it was a celebration of democracy and liberty, while praying for unity and reconciliation in the face of deep political divides.
They...
FAIRHOPE, Ala. -- After 17 seasons in the NFL, quarterback Philip Rivers will begin his next career as head football coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope in the Mobile Archdiocese.
In May, the school named Rivers "head...
ASTON, Pa. — Sister Hildegarde Grogan, a nurse who ministered for 15 years in the Diocese of Wilmington, died Jan. 20 in Assisi House. She was 87 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis...
WASHINGTON -- In his inaugural address Jan. 20, President Joe Biden said he is committed with his "whole soul" to bring this country together.
He pleaded with Americans -- having come through a bitter election, a time of racial reckoning...
As Joe Biden prepared to be inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed hope the incoming administration "will work with the church and others...
WASHINGTON -- Hours before his inauguration as president, Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris were joined by the spouses and congressional leaders from both political parties for what was termed a Mass of thanksgiving early Jan. 20...
Some Christian leaders said they watched the scenes coming out of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 with "horror," particularly as they saw some in the violent mob carrying "Jesus saves" signs.
That horror has been further compounded after a recently...
It’s not every kid who gets to say, “I’m a student at the president’s high school alma mater.”
As of noon Jan. 20, the students at Archmere Academy have that going for them. It’s a major milestone for the school...
The annual March for Life will take place in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, but with the coronavirus pandemic still raging, it will be a virtual event, with in-person attendance limited to some pro-life leaders who will stand in...
WASHINGTON -- Saying the nation "reverently pauses in supplication to remember and to pray for the many thousands of people who have died from the coronavirus during this past year," Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at...