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DOVER – Caesar Rodney absorbed every blow Salesianum could deliver, and the Riders turned a late opportunity into the winning goal in a 3-2 win over the Sals in the DIAA Division I soccer championship on Nov. 16 at...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum opened its defense of its 2023 football state championship against the same team it played in the championship last season. And once again, the top-seeded Sals pulled away from No. 8 Cape Henlopen, allowing no points...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis is asking parishes, Catholic institutions and religious congregations in Rome to celebrate the Holy Year 2025 by offering a home to someone who is without. "In view of the Jubilee, I am asking my diocese...
ROME -- Like Father Matteo Ricci, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary known for his efforts to bridge Christianity and Chinese culture, the Catholic Church today must engage in dialogue with the ruling and intellectual class of China to present Christianity...
VATICAN CITY -- A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the "fir tree-icide" of cutting down a 200-year-old red pine to decorate St. Peter's Square for Christmas. "Sign up to...
Q: What scriptural basis is there for praying for the dead, for their repose, or for praying to the dead, for their intercessions? And in a related way, what scriptural basis is there for the Catholic practice of "relics,"...
"There is significance in the end of things," my son Jacob once said, long before young men should think such thoughts, much less have the courage to utter them aloud. His words came to mind again yesterday as I...
"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." Reminders of death seem to be everywhere in the fall. In addition to the trees gradually stripped bare of their dying leaves, skeletons, ghosts...
With immigration an ongoing issue after the 2024 U.S. general election, three U.S. Catholic bishops issued a Nov. 14 statement of pastoral concern pledging support for immigrants. "Compelled by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and recognizing the inherent dignity of...
NEWARK — Saint Mark’s battled valiantly in an effort to secure the DIAA volleyball championship, but Tower Hill’s stellar defense and  impressive attack was too strong. The third-seeded Hillers defeated the No. 5 Spartans, 3-0, on Nov. 14 for...