WASHINGTON -- Nobody said it was going to be easy in being placed in charge of a diocese where "60 Minutes" did a story on the contentious handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations, with the diocese later declaring Chapter...
VATICAN CITY -- Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office,...
Arrangements are set for funeral services for Msgr. Ralph Martin, the longtime Diocese of Wilmington priest who died Jan. 12 at 88.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Bishop Malooly on Jan. 22 at 11 a.m. at...
CLEVELAND -- The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for a speech lawmakers said spurred the riot at the U.S. Capitol and making him the first commander in chief to be impeached twice.
The...
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...
WASHINGTON -- After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row inmate Lisa Montgomery's execution on hold, and it denied two other last-minute requests to postpone...
By Joe Towalski
Central Minnesota Catholic
About a month ago, I participated in an online conversation about civility and talked about the growing polarization plaguing our society. Too often, fruitful debate and compromise are giving way to fanaticism and intolerance when...
Sunday Scripture readings: Jan. 17, 2021
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
1) 1 Sm 3:3-10, 19
Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-10
2) 1 Cor 6:13-15, 17-20
Gospel: Jn 1:35-42
St. Paul speaks on physical and spiritual intimacy
Today, St. Paul says that God has designed our bodies...
“One of Us” is brief snapshot of people who support the church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Joan Ansalvish
HOMETOWN: Bear
PARISH: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
What does...