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It isn't just the Pentagon taking note of hypersonic weapons development and recent testing reportedly undertaken by China, Russia and North Korea. Catholic peace activists and policy experts have expressed apprehension that the United States has joined an accelerating rush...
WILMINGTON — Perhaps it was fitting that the soccer game Oct. 27 between visiting Saint Mark’s and host Wilmington Charter ended on a play that resulted from some physicality. Jake Wolhar knocked in a penalty kick in the eighth...
CHILDS, Md. — The Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales, who minister at Mount Aviat Academy in Childs, Md., in the Diocese of Wilmington, celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of their congregation on Oct. 11. On that...
MILLTOWN — Saint Mark’s and Padua added another chapter to their storied volleyball rivalry on Oct. 26, and this time, the Spartans controlled the narrative. They swept the Pandas in front of a large crowd that included a significant...
VATICAN CITY -- One of the most important "servants of life in the world" was the late French geneticist, Jérôme Lejeune, who dedicated his "scientific genius" to serving children with Down syndrome and their families, said the woman officially...
HOUSTON -- There might be angels in the outfield, but in the Space City, the Houston Astros have Dominicans in the stands. And in a sea of orange and blue garb, their bright white Dominican habits and black veils stand...
CLAYMONT — Newark Charter took a 1-0 lead in its Diamond State Athletic Conference field hockey game at Archmere on Oct. 26, and for a long tie it looked like that goal would hold up. But the Auks tied...
As I head down the hill for my evening walk, a giant full moon looms ahead. A harvest moon, this being a Midwestern October. I say a prayer of gratitude. Coming toward me, an excitable little dog strains at his...
WILMINGTON — For most high school athletic teams, if there is a sickness going through one household, the team just turns to another member of the roster. But in the case of the St. Elizabeth High School field hockey...
VATICAN CITY -- Almost 60 years have passed since a Catholic president of the United States visited a pope at the Vatican. When President John F. Kennedy was preparing for his meeting with the new Pope Paul VI in July...

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