VATICAN CITY Dob't -- Silence, like words, can be a love language, Pope Francis wrote in a very short introduction to a new book in Italian.
"Silence is one of God's languages and it also is a language of love,"...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court Jan. 12 reinstated a federal requirement that women who are seeking abortion-inducing drugs must do so in person, not by mail, as a federal judge had allowed last year due to the pandemic and...
Having been a resident of Washington for 10 years, I was privileged to witness three presidential inaugurations. Despite the fact that the ceremonies were for representatives of different political parties, and the fact that one was a reelection, the...
Looking outside from my apartment, my stomach sickened. Additional fencing encircling government buildings at the corner had been added to reinforce uplifted car barriers.
I was disturbed to see National Guard soldiers whom I had befriended wearing helmets and carrying...
The Catholic Church believes that every person is created in the "image of God." We are made in the image of a community of persons -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Our God-given human rights develop and thrive in...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "the church's social teaching proposes principles for reflection; it provides criteria for judgment; it gives guidelines for action" (No. 2423). Occasionally this model is simply expressed in aiding a person of...
WILMINGTON — Saint Mark’s placed three scorers in double figures, pulling away from Padua in the second quarter on the way to a 51-34 win over the Pandas on Jan. 14.
Emily Trainer got the Pandas on the board first...
ROME — For a variety of reasons, “especially in relation to the political situation” in the United States, the Legionaries of Christ university in Rome will not honor Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said the...
WASHINGTON — Celebrating a livestreamed Mass for the community of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington Jan. 13, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory noted how sometimes the readings of the day “fit our lives so perfectly.”
They “somehow almost mystically describe...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told Uruguay’s new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.
In an interview with Catholic News...