DOVER – The details differ a little bit, but the result is the same for 2025 as in 2024. Salesianum met Middletown for the DIAA Class 3A football championship on Nov. 28 at Delaware State University's Alumni Stadium, and...
Father James T. Kirk Jr., longtime pastor of St. Mary Magdalen parish in Wilmington, died early Thanksgiving morning surrounded by family and friends. He was 68.
Parishioners were informed later that morning in a message from Msgr. Steven Hurley, parish...
I tasted soap once, and it was enough.
At a rather tender age, I must have sassed my mom. I don't remember the crime, but I remember the punishment: Getting my mouth washed out with soap. It left an impression.
As...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics to join him in praying for Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East.
May they "be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope," he said.
The...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Many have written fan mail to celebrities and imagined getting a reply. In 2017, an 11-year-old kid was granted his wish to mow the White House lawn after sending a request to President Donald Trump.
When high...
Thanksgiving is here and Advent is around the corner.
You're invited to attend the "Advent Holy Hour of Power" event Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m., at Saint Ann's parish, 2013 Gilpin Avenue in Wilmington. The event is in collaboration with Saint...
Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School welcomed Bishop Koenig to the school in Berlin, Md., for a special Mass on Nov. 20.
The bishop joined students, faculty and parents in celebrating the Eucharist and shared a special message connected to this...
WILMINGTON — The proliferation and increasing depth of artificial intelligence risks robbing people of certain characteristics that make them human, a professor of religion and philosophy said Nov. 24 during an appearance in Wilmington.
Michael Hanby, an associate professor at...
Scripture readings for Nov. 30, 2025, First Sunday of Advent
Is 2:1-5 Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44
Since ancient times, Romans 13 has been read by Christians at Advent. To wake up spiritually to the...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Facing east toward the altar of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Deacon Roy Callison burned cedar as his wife, Susan, recited the first of the four invocations in the Prayer in the Four Directions, a traditional...