WASHINGTON -- Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was elected Speaker of the House Jan. 7 after a tumultuous process that stretched across the first week of the new term. The 118th Congress began in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, and...
CLAYMONT — Archmere shot their way to a 24-15 halftime lead over Tatnall in a boys basketball game on Jan. 7, then banished any thoughts of a Hornets comeback with a ball-control second half. The strategy paid off as...
WILMINGTON – Aiden Tobiason opened St. Elizabeth boys basketball team's game at Salesianum on Jan. 6 with a long three-pointer to get the Vikings on the board. About an hour and a half later, he stole a Sallies pass...
ALAPOCAS — A 9-0 run that covered the final four minutes of the first quarter sparked Padua in a 52-25 victory over MOT Charter on Jan. 6 at the Quaker Classic at Wilmington Friends School in Alapocas. Padua snapped...
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Jan. 4 he plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, which would be the first visit to the border of his presidency, when he travels to Mexico next week.
Biden is scheduled to attend a...
VATICAN CITY-- With the same spirit and aims that behind his recent reform and reorganization of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis, as Bishop of Rome, has overhauled the Vicariate of Rome.
The vicariate, too, is called "to become more suitably...
WASHINGTON -- After a report dubbed 2022 "the year of the botched execution," Catholic activists renewed their calls for an end to capital punishment in the U.S. at both the state and federal levels.
Despite declining public support for the...
Q: What is the difference between Orders and Vows? Are nuns actually laypersons? (Glendale, Calif.)
A: Holy Orders is the sacrament through which a baptized man is ordained a deacon, priest or bishop. Men who have received the sacrament of...
WILMINGTON — Ursuline and St. Elizabeth have played some memorable games in the St. E Center over the past 20 years, and that was the case again on Jan. 6. This time, the Raiders prevailed, using their typical taut...
“The past and present of Catholic media” will be the topic of the 10th annual John Cardinal Foley Lecture on the Church and Social Communications Jan. 23 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in suburban Philadelphia.
Featured speaker is Lino Rulli,...