Sports
Roman-Neumann II: Again, Cahillites top Saints for title
In a reprise of last year's Catholic League championship basketball match-up, Roman Catholic edged Neumann-Goretti in a raucous atmosphere at the Palestra. N-G made it a tight game late in the 4th quarter.
Catholic League boys basketball championship
See a photo gallery of the title game at the Palestra between Roman Catholic and fellow league powerhouse Neumann-Goretti.
Like the fig tree, we’ve got time before the judgment
Msgr. Joseph Prior explains Jesus’ parable for the gospel reading this Sunday in which the Lord is the gardener who cares for the tree so it can bear fruit in response to God’s mercy.
Readings of the holy Mass – Third Sunday of Lent
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.
Flint’s water crisis underlines need to reach out to city dwellers
When contaminants were found in Flint's drinking water, Catholics from a suburban Michigan parish wasted no time in responding with action and prayer. Their motto: "Out of the burbs, back to the bricks. Help Flint."
God seeks those who need him most, charity should do same, pope says
Because God refuses to keep his love to himself, seeking those who turn away and need him most, believers must do the same and go where love is needed, Pope Francis said.
Italian Senate passes civil unions bill
The legislation, known in Italy as the "Cirinna" bill, passed Feb. 25 after the bill's sponsors removed a proposed clause that would allow for a nonbiological parent in a homosexual union to adopt the biological children of his or her partner.
Soaring spirit of ‘Eddie the Eagle,’ the unlikeliest Olympian
It's a shame this movie makes a joke of sexuality because, overall, the upward arc of Eddie's life, from working-class boy to Olympic hero, intertwined with his coach's struggle for redemption, makes for buoyant viewing.
‘Story of discovery’ shows priest’s experience in spiritual counseling
Anne, a divorced 40-year-old woman who essentially remains Catholic in name only, arrives almost by happenstance one evening at the Trappist Abbey of Sts. Philip and James in "The Abbey," Jesuit Father James Martin's recently published first novel.
Making the right choices with the one God
Deacon Bill Masapollo thinks about decision making, including some Catholics' decision not to believe in the Real Presence. But we have help in using exercising free will, he believes.