VATICAN CITY -- During a lengthy radio interview aired Sept. 1, Pope Francis denied reporters' rumors of a presumed retirement, saying the idea of resigning "didn't even cross my mind" after his surgery in July.
"I don't know where they...
WASHINGTON -- Even as a downgraded tropical storm, Ida, which caused untold damage in the South as a hurricane, continued to wreak havoc in its path along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Sept. 1. Its remnants flooded parts of the...
LEWES – Salesianum spent the first half of their season-opening football game moving the ball up and down the field at Cape Henlopen's Legends Stadium, taking a 28-6 lead into the half. The score did not change during the...
DREXEL HILL, Pa. — The walk from the front gate of the SCI Phoenix state prison outside of Philadelphia to the chaplain’s office is exactly half a mile long. John Killeen knows it well.
He also knows the guards, the...
The Silver Rose, a program of the Knights of Columbus honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, is returning to Delaware in October. It will be visiting parishes in all three counties in the state over a three-week period beginning Oct. 12.
Every March,...
WILMINGTON -- Students at St. Elizabeth School got an unexpected visit Wednesday morning when Bishop Koenig dropped in with Father Norman Carroll, pastor of St. Elizabeth parish.
The bishop was ordained aand installed as 10th bishop of Wilmington less than...
WASHINGTON — In a late-night decision Sept. 1, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a Texas law banning abortions at six weeks of pregnancy.
The 5-4 vote, issued with a one-paragraph unsigned opinion, said the challengers to the Texas law...
Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 5, 2021: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Is 35:4-7 Psalm 146:6-10
2) Jas 2:1-5 Gospel: Mk 7:31-37
God desires to free you from fear
Fear is a powerful human emotion. And who could have imagined that the entire...
High school athletics returns this week with a handful of football games, including two involving Catholic schools. Salesianum will open the season Sept. 2 at Cape Henlopen, while Saint Mark’s kicks off the 2021 campaign the next night at...
NEW YORK -- The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has determined that allegations of sexual abuse of a minor against Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn were found "not to have the semblance of truth."
The finding was...