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Media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, whose arrest nearly six years ago prompted outrage around the world, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. A court in Hong Kong delivered its ruling Feb. 9, which is believed to be...
The recent snow that won't go away wreaked havoc with the high school sports schedules in Delaware, and now teams are scrambling to make up postponed contests. That means there are lots of games to choose from basically every...
WASHINGTON -- The March for Life rally, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and several buildings at The Catholic University of America were among infection sites for confirmed measles cases in the District of Columbia,...
The history of the Church in the United States is a chronicle of evangelization. Most of the Americans in the eternal hall of fame are distinguished as great missionaries: Jogues, Goupil, Lalande, Serra, Cabrini, Duchesne, Neumann, Guerin, De Veuster, Cope,...
Finally. The scandal is finally over. First, the real reason to celebrate. Fulton J. Sheen will finally be beatified, making him the first native-born American bishop to be so-designated in the Church. Sheen will be the first native-born Illinoisan to...
WILMINGTON — The St. Elizabeth girls basketball team won its ninth straight game and remained undefeated in the Diamond State Athletic Conference with a 69-17 win at Wilmington Charter on Feb. 7. The Vikings were in control throughout this contest....
ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul Feb. 6 made good on her promise that early this year she would sign a bill into law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. Thirteen states and...
With the rise of artificial intelligence, society finds itself in a landscape that is both bursting with possibility and a bit overwhelming at the same time. For those of us tasked with forming the young in the faith -- Catholic...
The annual Wedding Anniversary Mass in the Diocese of Wilmington was held on World Marriage Sunday, Feb. 8 at St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Newark. The Mass coincides with National Marriage Week, February 7-14. Bishop William E. Koenig joined married...
You are likely reading this column either just ahead of Ash Wednesday or a few days into Lent. In my adult lifetime, I don't think there's ever been a time when we the people have been more in need...