VATICAN CITY -- The Gospel contains a great message of hope, "because it tells us that wherever we are lost and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us!" said the text for Pope Francis' weekly general...
My younger brother was gay.
He found a haven and a career in New York City, but never spoke of his sexuality to our mother, even though she knew, and they loved each other very much. Before he died, Bill...
Between 1931 and 1938, a young nun named Sister Maria Faustina claimed to have experienced a series of visions, messages and conversations in which our Lord Jesus asked her to establish a devotion to his Divine Mercy.
Helen Kowalska, who...
My dear brothers in the priesthood, beloved deacons, religious and faithful people of God, we gather this evening, in this holiest of weeks, and it, like all the liturgies of this week, is an abundance of blessings.
In addition to...
Right now is a difficult time for nearly every family I know. Parents are stressed. Teens are depressed. Kids are anxious. Studies on mental health back this up with statistics, but start a conversation with friends, family, neighbors or...
The Most Reverend William E. Koenig, D.D., Bishop of Wilmington, announces the following appointments:
Concluding Diocesan Ministry
The Reverend Pedro Higinio Silva Gonzalez, M.X.Y. concluded his service as Associate Pastor of Saint John the Baptist, Newark as well as his ministry to...
WILMINGTON – Riley Schultz and Jacob Kelly went toe-to-toe in a pitchers' duel at Frawley Stadium on April 16, but in the end, Schultz's Archmere Auks scored in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 walkoff win over...
"Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness...." These words from St. John of the Cross are especially fitting today, Holy Thursday, when Jesus went from sharing his body and blood with the apostles, to his descent...
WILMINGTON — Newark Charter built an early lead at Salesianum on April 15 and rode the pitching performance of Doron Griffin to a 5-3 baseball victory over the Sals on April 15 at Fusco Fields.
The game started in early...
Almost all of the priests in the Diocese of Wilmington joined Bishop William E. Koenig and Bishop Emeritus W. Francis Malooly for the annual Chrism Mass April 15 at Church of the Holy Cross.
The Christian liturgy has adopted the...