Jacqueline E. Wilson, a resident of the Diocese of Wilmington and a prominent member of several organizations for Black Catholics, died Jan. 8 at Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Wilmington. She was 83.
Wilson was a member of...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic leaders welcomed President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day announcement that the United States would rejoin the Paris climate change agreement.
Such action would allow the U.S. to work to reach the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,...
VATICAN CITY — A young priest ordained only six months ago was among the casualties of an explosion at a parish center in Madrid.
The Archdiocese of Madrid confirmed Jan. 21 that Father Ruben Perez Ayala, a priest at the...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister Elizabeth Prout, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.
The pope signed the decrees...
Another cancellation dictated by the coronavirus pandemic will impact Catholics in the Diocese of Wilmington this year as officials at St. Anthony of Padua parish have decided they cannot stage the annual “Via Crucis.”
Via Crucis, Latin for “The Way...
The people we choose to honor in public spaces matter.
As such, thousands rejoiced on Jan. 1, 2021, when New Orleans' Jefferson Davis Parkway officially became the Norman C. Francis Parkway.
Calls to rename the Crescent City's popular thoroughfare, which was...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after two suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of dozens of people in a crowded commercial area.
In a telegram sent Jan. 21 to Salih, Cardinal...
Sunday Scripture readings, Jan. 24, 2021
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Jon 3:1-5, 10
Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2) 1 Cor 7:29-31
Gospel: Mk 1:14-20
We should respond to our divine call to discipleship and service
In announcing a Year of St. Joseph, Pope Francis...
In an effort to limit the risk of COVID-19 transmission, attendance will be limited at the Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Ralph Martin, but the Diocese of Wilmington will livestream the service from St. Catherine of Siena Church.
The...
WILMINGTON — The seventh grade at St. Ann School learned through a class project that saints come in all ages, and from all eras, including the most modern.
Under the guidance of teacher Lynne Dickinson, the class delved into the...