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Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- This year's NCAA basketball tournament was one for the books for Catholic universities. You might even say the ball was in their court. That's because for the first time, Catholic university teams won both the men's...
 Catholic News Service   Second Sunday of Easter Cycle B 1) Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 2) 1 Jn 5:1-6 Gospel: Jn 20:19-31   Seeing with eyes of faith Jesus often praised the faith of ordinary people he encountered during his earthly ministry: the man born blind, the...
Catholic News Service ROME -- Friends and fans called him a "gentle giant," a faithful "prayer warrior" and a Clark Kent whose superman power was helping people grow in holiness and faith. "I believe I truly knew a saint," one friend...
As the sesquicentennial celebration of the Diocese of Wilmington continues, a group of 133 people from throughout the diocese prepares to launch its 10-day pilgrimage to France and Italy. The group leaves April 16 for its trip to Annecy and...
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- The final words at Mass -- "Go in peace" -- are an invitation to Christians to proclaim God's blessings through their lives, not an opportunity to go outside and speak ill of others, Pope...
Dialog reporter WILMINGTON – Concord's first-year varsity boys volleyball team put up a fight April 3 at perennial power Salesianum, but the Sals deployed too many weapons on their way to a 3-0 sweep at Father Birkenheuer Gymnasium. Sallies won...
Catholic News Service DUBLIN — April 10 marks the 20th anniversary of the historic Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to Northern Ireland. The peace deal effectively brought an end to “The Troubles,” which had cast a sectarian shadow over...
Catholic News Service   VATICAN CITY — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a dignified life for all men and women regardless of color or creed continues to live on in the teachings of one his most influential admirers,...
Dialog reporter WILMINGTON – On a frigid day at Canby Park, Concord’s baseball team warmed up its bats just enough to take a 5-3 nonconference baseball victory over St. Elizabeth on April 3. It was the Raiders’ first win of...
The Blood Bank of Delmarva is issuing an urgent call today for blood and platelet donors to give now to help address a winter blood donation shortage. O negative and Platelet blood donations, in particular, are critically needed right...