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ALLENTOWN, Pa.-- A funeral Mass will be celebrated May 19 for the late Bishop Edward P. Cullen, retired bishop of Allentown, who died May 9 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center-Cedar Crest in Allentown. He was 90. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum’s height and depth continues to be a force in Delaware boys volleyball. The Sals’ formidable front line was on its game on May 16, leading a sweep of visiting Conrad in a DIAA tournament quarterfinal at...
WILMINGTON — A strong day on draw controls and some outstanding play in net from Amelia Cradler helped Ursuline take down Newark Charter, 10-7, in the first round of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association girls lacrosse tournament on May...
BALTIMORE-- One of the most soggy and damp days in the history of the Preakness Stakes turned into one of the brightest and most glorious for a Harford County Catholic family and a 19-year-old Maryland jockey. The Preakness is the...
PHILADELPHIA -- Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S. are hailing a surprise meeting between Pope Francis and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a mixture of elation and wariness. Archbishop Borys Gudziak, metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, told OVS...
TOLEDO, Ohio -- A federal jury May 12 convicted a Toledo diocesan priest of five charges of sex trafficking in his abuse of three male victims that began when he was a seminarian and they were minors at St....
Deacon Onyedikachukwu Chibundu “John” Enemuo, who is on the cusp of becoming a priest in the Diocese of Wilmington, has an inspiring life story that begins in his home African nation of Nigeria and includes time in minor seminary...
CLAYMONT — Appoquinimink and Archmere may not meet in the girls soccer postseason since the Jaguars are in Division I and the Auks are Division II, but the game between the Jaguars and Auks on May 15 served as...
Like most priests, Father Douglas McKay has seen a number of people die over the years. As the founder and chaplain of Our House Ministries in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry section, Father McKay — who grew up in the neighborhood he...
Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, posted a controversial tweet May 12 in which he said he believes "Pope Francis is the Pope" but added that "it is time for me to say that I reject his program...

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