Author: Paul Wirth

More than 75 churches across the five counties of the Diocese of Allentown will be open late into the evening on Holy Thursday, part of an ancient ritual that offers the opportunity for a mini pilgrimage of prayer.

The sun was setting, and Hansel and Gretel were lost and hungry in the dark woods. Grimm’s famous...

While our Holy Father has bestowed this honor of bringing Monsignor Cieniewicz into membership in the papal household, he is emblematic and exemplary of all the clergy of the Diocese of Allentown., Bishop Schlert said.

Celeste Behe writes about the challenge of too much self-reliance and the value of surrender in column “The Catholic Storyteller.”

There’s a new idea taking root around the Diocese that might change the way some parishes provide religious education — and might even help keep young people and families from falling away from the Church.

It was 10 years ago today, on March 13, 2013, that Pope Francis first stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and greeted the world.

Friends of Catholic Charities gathered March 12 for fellowship and to support the good works of the social services agency at the 15th Catholic Charities Gala at DeSales University, Center Valley.

Father Robert George, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Summit Hill, was named “Top Fundraising Chef” and Father Dominic Pham, pastor of St. Mary Parish, Ringtown, and St. Joseph Parish, Sheppton, was named “Top Party Chef.”

Hiking 15 to 20 miles per day, starting at 5:30 a.m. and finishing by 1 p.m. to avoid Spain’s brutal summer heat, gave him plenty of time in silence to think and to pray.