Dear Friends in Christ,
While a diocesan priest is in parish ministry, his salary and expenses are paid by the parish. When he retires, the Diocesan Priests’ Retirement Fund takes care of Father’s needs.
After retirement, most of our priests earn...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A May 15 ruling by a California judge overturning the state's law allowing assisted suicide is encouraging because it "was a bad law," said Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference.
"Our opposition to assisted...
Padua is the top seed in the Division I girls soccer state tournament, the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association announced Wednesday night. The Pandas are looking to return to the top after dropping a 1-0 decision to Middletown last year;...
Student liturgical and music ministers from St. Mark’s High School in Wilmington will join the Most Reverend W. Francis Malooly, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, for the 59th Annual Memorial Day Field Mass at All Saint's Cemetery,...
VATICAN CITY -- Thirteen years before his death, Blessed Paul VI had written to the dean of the College of Cardinals to say that if he were to become seriously ill or impeded from exercising his ministry, the dean...
1) Acts 2:1-11
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34
2) 1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25
Gospel: Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15
Overcoming fear with faith
Fear is a powerful human emotion that shapes our actions and words. A young man named Karol...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- It felt like a small miracle when Father Stefan P. Starzynski came to Kelly Heaton's bedside and anointed her two hours before her brain surgery.
And it seemed unbelievable when her family learned one of her brain...
DUBLIN -- In the last major pro-life rally ahead of Ireland's May 25 referendum on whether to liberalize the country's abortion laws, thousands gathered to say "no" to far-reaching proposals that could see abortion on demand up to 12...
WILMINGTON – Father Joseph J. McKenna, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, died May 14. He was 89 and had been a professed member of the congregation for 69 years.
Father McKenna was born in Philadelphia and graduated from...
VATICAN CITY -- Warning that violence will never bring peace, Pope Francis urged all sides to do all they can to foster dialogue in the Middle East.
"I am very worried about the intensifying tensions in the Holy Land and...