WILMINGTON, Del. – In a pastoral letter released Sept. 10, Bishop W. Francis Malooly lays out his hopes and vision for the spiritual renewal of priests in the Diocese of Wilmington during the church’s Year for Priests.Read More
On April 18, a very special ceremony will take place during halftime of the St. Mary’s High School boys’ lacrosse game as the No. 4 Saints face the No. 3 Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Dons at St. Mary’s new turf field at St. John Neumann, Annapolis.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A top Vatican official lamented that producing urgently needed medicines is no longer driven by traditional medical ethics, but by money.Read More
WASHINGTON – The tumultuous applause that greeted Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of the April 17 Mass in Nationals Park was indicative of the excitement of the faithful at attending the first public U.S. Mass celebrated by the pope, who is concluding his third year as pontiff.Read More
LOS ANGELES – Both the city and the county of Los Angeles will suffer if a nationally acclaimed gang-intervention program has to shut down, even temporarily, said the Jesuit priest who founded the program more than two decades ago.Read More
WASHINGTON – In a meeting at the White House, Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush discussed the problem of terrorism and how to confront it while respecting human rights.Read More
VATICAN CITY – An unusually acrimonious fight has erupted this summer between the Vatican and the government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, fueled by growing unease over Berlusconi’s personal life and some of his government’s policies.Read More
The following is Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s April 13 homily from the bicentennial Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore.Read More
Most of us, as Catholics, believe that in the celebration of the Eucharist, bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. That’s a miracle we can’t understand or explain, but accept as a matter of faith. The far more challenging aspect is to believe that, in receiving this body and blood we become...Read More
WASHINGTON – Converting a baseball stadium into a cathedral for a day has been a monumental task. “We’re doing everything possible to turn the stadium into a holy and beautiful place,” Father Mark Knestout, director of the Archdiocese of Washington’s Office of Worship, told the Catholic Standard, the archdiocesan newspaper.Read More
MEXICO CITY – Saying that falling Sunday collections have left the Archdiocese of Leon, Mexico, unable to pay the medical bills of its infirm priests, Archbishop Jose Martin Rabago has called on Catholics to continue supporting the church financially in spite of the current economic crisis.Read More
HOUSTON – As the 23 bells of the campanile at the new Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston called forth the faithful for its Mass of dedication, the special choir gathered for the occasion sang “The Church’s One Foundation.”Read More