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A possible Eucharistic miracle in Connecticut is now under investigation by the Vatican. Archbishop Leonard P. Blair told a Hartford television news station May 2 that the Dicastery (formerly Congregation) for the Doctrine of the Faith will examine whether an...
Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus of the Diocese of San Marcos, Guatemala, will arrive in the Diocese of Wilmington on May 6 for a weeklong visit throughout Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland as part of the...
Q: A friend is in a relationship where his fiancée won't sign a prenuptial agreement because she thinks it would make the marriage is invalid. It could be grounds for annulment. "For richer and for poorer" etc. What is...
ROME  -- The Pontifical International Marian Academy has created a commission to study and monitor cases of alleged Marian apparitions and other mystical phenomena. The new "observatory" or monitoring body was officially inaugurated at the academy in Rome April 15...
By Sam Lucero CHAMPION, Wis.  -- A Marian shrine in rural northeast Wisconsin, the only shrine in the United States to be designated by the Catholic Church as an approved Marian apparition site, is changing its name. During a press conference...
WILMINGTON — Area residents in need of end-of-life care, along with their caregivers, will soon have a place close to home providing that service. Delaware Hospice cut the ribbon at its eight-bed unit inside St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington...
By Kyril Wolfe, OSV News I used to be spiritually allergic to Marian devotion. Even though I grew up saying the rosary with my family, I never really understood the idea of being devoted to Mary, specifically. Asking saints to...
WILMINGTON — Conrad sent 14 batters to the plate in their first at bat, scoring 10 times, on the way to a 12-2 softball win over Ursuline on May 4. The Red Wolves had five hits in the first, but...
WASHINGTON -- Some Catholic governors are embracing the use of capital punishment as part of their political platforms despite the Catholic Church's opposition to the practice. Another Catholic governor in a southern state recently called for an end to...
VATICAN CITY -- Just under three months before World Youth Day gets underway in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis said young people should consult their grandparents about how to prepare. In a two-minute video message recorded in Spanish and published May...

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