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WILMINGTON — Students at St. Elizabeth School participated in a live Stations of the Cross on March 31. The event included everyone, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. According to Father Normal Carroll, the pastor of St. Elizabeth, the idea of...
The coronavirus pandemic has brought to light some of what was once the world’s most unthinkable challenges -- like taking away the routine of daily life. For Jack Newswanger, a Neumann University three-time Academic All-Atlantic East Conference midfielder, the hardest...
CLEVELAND  -- While fewer than half of American adults responding to a recent poll said they are members of a church, synagogue or mosque, the findings do not necessarily mean that people have lost faith in God, a pair...
Last year, many of us had a new experience when we were faced with celebrating Easter Sunday in the midst of a pandemic. On this most important day of the year, when churches are ordinarily overflowing with crowds, we...
VATICAN CITY  -- Knowing that Rome, like all of Italy, would be under varying degrees of lockdown during Holy Week and Easter, Father Luigi D'Errico asked youngsters in his parish to draw illustrations and write a series of reflections...
In Catholicism, we have a long tradition of Christianizing desserts. Catholics have always bridged together faith and food. For example, a king cake is shaped like a crown for the Three Kings. A mendiant is a chocolate confection studded with...
Welcome to The Dialog’s Lenten Journey for 2021, “Forty Days, Forty Deeds.” Throughout the season, we will be offering suggestions for acts of prayer, kindness and charity to enrich your faith journey, along with readings for the day from the...
WILMINGTON — Ursuline’s girls soccer game against Concord had been postponed once by rain, so the teams took no chances when the rescheduled date came around on March 31. Despite heavy rain again coinciding with their matchup, the Raiders...
Sunday Scripture readings, April 4, 2021: Easter Sunday 1) Acts 10:34a, 37-43   Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 2) Col 3:1-4   Gospel: Jn 20:1-9 The resurrection of Jesus presents us with a radical choice Christ is risen! Alleluia! Easter Sunday, the holiest Sunday of the liturgical...
ROME  -- Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples ordered the removal from a church of two religious paintings that were donated by a mafia boss who led one of the prominent clans in the Camorra crime syndicate. In a statement published...

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