Lent 2015
Praying Lent: Friday after Ash Wednesday
A daily meditation courtesy of Creighton Online Ministries.
Connolly Foundation and all teaching sisters to be honored
Religious sisters serving in Catholic schools in the archdiocese will be honored collectively, along with the Connolly Foundation, at the annual Distinguished Graduate Awards March 18.
Catholic scouting helps boys have fun as they grow into manhood
Father David Friel tells the story of James White of Sellersville, an Eagle Scout who developed self-discipline, learned to hike and cook, became a leader and strengthened his sense of duty to God.
5 ways to a more meaningful Lent
In the practice of the Catholic faith, Lent is a time of heightened intensity. Learn about Lenten activities for Catholics during this holy season.
On Ash Wednesday, cardinal urges solidarity with persecuted Christians
Making an impassioned plea at the end of his Feb. 18 Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington urged Catholics to offer prayers and speak out for Christians being persecuted throughout the world.
Patriarchs’ Lenten messages focus on struggles of Mideast Christians
The Middle East is suffering a "Way of the Cross" that is the greatest tragedy since World War II, Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham said in a Lenten message about suffering.
Don’t be a successful failure: Choose life over false gods, pope says
Don't use peer pressure, greed or laziness as an excuse to chase after false gods and become a wildly successful failure, Pope Francis said.
Bishops put high priority on fighting moves to allow assisted suicide
As New York lawmakers began to consider a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the New York State Catholic Conference launched a new website "to offer Catholics moral clarity and guidance on the church's teachings regarding end-of-life decision-making."
Photographs and memories all that remain after kidnap of Iraqi toddler
A colored photocopy of a smiling, blond toddler is the only thing adorning the bare walls of the tiny room where Ayda Abada, her blind husband, and four children shelter after they were chased out of their Christian village in Iraq by Islamic State extremists.
Earthquake-displaced Haitians live day-to-day, wanting a permanent home
For the past five years, Elouisna Francois has lived where God sent her. Never mind that it's far from her old neighborhood in the capital -- where she had made a good life until the country's January 2010 earthquake -- and that there are no basic services, like running water, sanitation or electricity.