Redemptorist Father Anthony Russo, a longtime leader in the Deaf Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, died March 31 from complications of cancer while in hospice care in Timonium, Maryland. He was 86.
He was born in Passaic, New Jersey,...
WILMINGTON — Mackenzie Sobczyk had 21 kills, and Colleen McClintock led the defense with 31 digs as Padua held off Ursuline, 3-2, in yet another volleyball classic between the rival schools on Oct. 2. The win snapped a regular-season...
WILMINGTON — Gavin Fanning’s second-chance goal in the closing minutes completed an Archmere comeback as the Auks scored a 2-1 victory in boys soccer at the Charter School of Wilmington on Oct. 2.
Playing with a strong, cold wind at...
WASHINGTON -- On the morning of Nov. 2, the nation's capital looked as if it was getting ready for a hurricane rather than an election.
Drills buzzed away, fences went up, hammers pounded, as workers rapidly boarded up buildings, from...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, with a full bench, will hear oral arguments by teleconference Nov. 4 about a Catholic social service agency that had been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster...
BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
Because of this, "the estate of Georg Ratzinger goes to the Holy See," Johannes Hofmann, dean of St. Johann Collegiate Church, told the newspaper...
Liam Furlong is giving himself a unique birthday present this year. The Salesianum School senior turned 18 on Nov. 1, and two days after that he will walk into a voting booth and participate in the democratic process.
“For the...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world insisting that when Pope Francis spoke about civil unions, he was not changing or challenging "the doctrine of the church, which...
The abbreviated, delayed high school fall sports season begins the third of six regular-season weeks. The week is full of rivalry games on the girls' side, while boys soccer and football have a few intriguing matchups.
Girls
Field hockey
Monday
Padua (2-1) at...
WILMINGTON — After suffering its first in-state loss in six years, the Salesianum soccer team appeared to have a bit of a hangover on Oct. 31 when Delcastle visited the Wilmington campus.
Ethan Hinds put the Sals ahead early in...