WASHINGTON -- The feast of All Souls' Day, when Catholics remember and pray for the dead, has weighted significance this year when so many have died of COVID-19 and the pandemic's restrictions have prevented usual funeral services and final...
WILMINGTON — Saint Mark’s volleyball team traveled to Padua on Oct. 29 with a 3-0 record and a tall task in front of them to maintain that perfect mark. The Spartans used their height to great advantage, disrupting the...
WASHINGTON — The feast of All Souls’ Day, when Catholics remember and pray for the dead, has weighted significance this year when so many have died of COVID-19 and the pandemic’s restrictions have prevented usual funeral services and final...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — One of the hard-hit areas of education during the coronavirus pandemic has been the arts. Plays, musicals and concerts were canceled when schools shut down last spring, and even at those where students have returned, the...
WASHINGTON — While the annual March for Life in Washington is still scheduled for Jan. 29, the cross-country bus pilgrimages that have been at the heart of the event for decades are being decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local events...
VATICAN CITY — After someone attending Pope Francis’ weekly general tested positive for COVID-19, the Vatican announced the audiences would return to being livestreamed without the presence of pilgrims and visitors.
In a statement published Oct. 29, the Vatican said...
Sunday Scripture readings, Nov. 1, 2020
Solemnity of All Saints
1) Rv 7:2-4, 9-14
Psalm 24:1-6
2) 1 Jn 3:1-3
Gospel: Mt 5:1-12
Strive for a saintly life
Holiness is one of the most powerful arguments for the truth of Christianity. The early Christians who lived...
Sister Virginia Peckham was not a Catholic or Christian as a youngster or young adult.
She was married and in her 50s when she began to have a conversion in 2004, first to the Baptist church and later to a...
WILMINGTON — Devon Green scored three touchdowns, and the Delaware Military Academy defense was impenetrable as it pitched a shutout in a 37-0 win over St. Elizabeth on Oct. 28 at Fusco Field on the DMA campus.
Green, the electric...
WILMINGTON — Newark Charter scored fewer than two minutes into its nonconference field hockey game against Ursuline on Oct. 28, and the Patriots controlled the action most of the way in a 4-0 win at Serviam Field. The Patriots...