WASHINGTON -- Conditions for religious freedom are "worsening" around the globe, a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom said in a recent report.
In its 2023 report, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom identified "regression" last year in...
VATICAN CITY -- There is real "cultural urgency" for the entire Catholic Church to preserve its audiovisual, documentary and other media archives and assets, Pope Francis said.
Even recently created materials are "a fragile asset that require constant care," he...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — More than 300 people gathered April 29 at St. Edmond’s Academy to celebrate a man who has worked at the school for most of its existence. Bill D’Amato, currently the administrative adviser to the head of...
Russia's seizure of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine has undermined global nuclear security, while serving as a "wake-up call" to ending energy dependence on Russia, said experts at a recent panel discussion hosted by a Catholic college.
On...
WILMINGTON — James Gebhart started thinking of joining the priesthood as a child at St. Catherine of Siena School in Prices Corner, although that faded as he got a bit older.
“I was one of those kids who would pretend...
Sister Edith de Ste. Gertrude (Mary Catherine “Kathleen” Collins) entered eternal life on April 28, 2023, at the age of 103.
She was born May 29, 1919, to the late Michael Collins and Elizabeth Doyle Collins of Bohernabreena, Piperstown, Co....
Sunday Scripture readings for May 7, Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 6:1-7 Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 1 Pt 2:4-9 Jn 14:1-12
We are 'living stones' building a strong community of believers
In those early days of the global pandemic in spring 2020,...
“One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Tibor Nagy
HOMETOWN: Wilmington
PARISH: St. Patrick's
“What is the most...
ASTON, Pa. — Rain over the past several days forced Tower Hill and St. Elizabeth to find a new home for their baseball game on May 2, so the teams headed about 11 miles north of Tower’s Carpenter Field...
Abortion bans failed in Nebraska and South Carolina, two Republican-led states, in the final week of April following a successful effort in North Dakota.
In Nebraska, lawmakers in the unicameral Legislature came one vote short of breaking a filibuster April...