PHILADELPHIA — Pop quiz: Who was the first female American citizen to be canonized a saint?
Elizabeth Seton? No. Rose Duchesne? No. Katharine Drexel? No.
Try St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), who was canonized in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
She was...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With the year-end announcement that Jesuit Father Pat Conroy would be retiring as chaplain of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that for the first time, a woman will take over...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in the United States, the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham. In December, nine sisters there died of...
SEAFORD -- Consider it morning inspiration with a side of coffee.
Father Steven Giuliano of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Seaford takes to Facebook most mornings to offer a reflection and short message on the Gospel. He's been...
In recent centuries, dozens (if not hundreds) of church documents containing millions (if not billions) of words address Catholic social teaching. But the essence of this teaching can be boiled down to a mere 10, written in the first...
A first principle of Catholic social teaching focuses on the life and dignity of the human person, which is fitting because it mirrors some of the first words and key concepts presented in the Bible.
In the first chapter of...
How are young Catholics finding community during a pandemic? Through a virtual game show, of course.
Game of Favorites, a “Catholic comedy game show,” is a place where Catholics and non-Catholics alike can have fun and be together. Every Friday...
Click the video above to join a replay of Bishop Malooly celebrating the Mass of the Epiphany of the Lord at Cathedral of St. Peter the morning of Jan. 3 in the Diocese of Wilmington.
"Today we celebrate the Epiphany,...
VATICAN CITY -- As the Catholic Church celebrated World Peace Day Jan. 1, Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of war-torn Yemen, especially the nation's children left without education and often without food by years of civil war.
Reciting...
The notable absence of Pope Francis at the final liturgical celebration of 2020 in St. Peter's Basilica capped off a difficult year for the Vatican and for the world.
Yet Pope Francis, in remarks read by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re,...