WASHINGTON -- Like many across the country, Father William Gurnee and Father Gary Studniewski watched in horror as a rioting mob stormed and ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, attempting to disrupt Congress at it certified the Electoral...
VATICAN CITY -- Recognizing "the gifts of each baptized person" -- women and men -- Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.
"A consolidated practice...
Winter sports begin this week under strict COVID-19 protocols, but for the athletes and their coaches, that’s better than the alternative. High school basketball picks up a new season more than 10 months after the last games were played....
WASHINGTON -- The wins by Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, in the Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia will give Democrats the White House and both houses of Congress.
But precisely how that will...
I learned the Act of Contrition in second grade. Mrs. Tartamella would patiently practice with us every day. We'd go through the prayer line by line, and when we'd get to "I firmly resolve, with the help of thy...
Jan. 6, 2021, was an epiphany of sorts for Americans who watched in horror as a mob breached the U.S. Capitol, assaulted police and vandalized offices. It was both shockingly unexpected and shockingly unsurprising given growing extremism, a polarized...
The Diocese of Wilmington will conduct an international search for executive director for Catholic Charities after longtime leader Richelle Vible announced plans to retire in March.
Vible announced her intentions in a letter to colleagues Jan. 8. She said her...
As Louisma Toussaint weighs babies and administers their vaccinations in her impoverished Caribbean Sea country of Haiti, she's also carrying out a vital mission of Catholic social teaching.
Toussaint volunteers for Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of...
For so many reasons, 2020 has been a rough year. The COVID-19 pandemic has many asking how much longer we can endure the physical isolation from family, friends, schoolmates and colleagues. An especially tense campaign season has left open...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chris Smith was in his office in the Rayburn House Office Building, writing remarks to acknowledge the tally of the presidential election results when alarms sounded.
Will Sommer, a Georgetown University graduate who writes for The Daily...