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BEAR — Father Joseph W. McQuaide, the chancellor of the Diocese of Wilmington, led a Eucharistic Procession and Benediction for students and families after celebrating the opening of the school year Mass at Aquinas Academy on September 4. In his...
NOTRE DAME, Indiana -- On Sept. 7, a crowd assembled outdoors on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, near the steps of Bond Hall. In recent years on home football game weekends, the university's marching band performs on...
ST. GEORGES — Saint Mark’s recovered from a late deficit in the second set in their volleyball match Sept. 8 at St. Georges, and the Spartans carried the momentum through a sweep of a tough Hawks squad. Set scores...
Abortion -- an act performed with the sole or primary intent of ending human life in the womb -- is never medically necessary, according to medical doctors and Catholic experts on the issue. "The direct killing of an unborn child...
WASHINGTON -- After lawmakers returned to Washington from their August recess, they faced a familiar deadline: Passing legislation to fund the federal government and avert a shutdown at the end of September. A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis' Office for the Mission of Catholic Education has asked people to pray the rosary at 10 a.m. CT Sept. 5 for those affected by the Aug. 27 shooting...
CHICAGO -- As Pope Leo XIV neared his 70th birthday Sept. 14, those closest to the American-born pontiff said they knew, very early on, that he was in for lifelong service to the church. There was not one specific instance...
VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church needs the theological study and model of Mary, Pope Leo XIV said, calling for a great promotion of Mariology in parishes, religious life and educational centers. Mary, the mother of Jesus, "never ceases to...
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Education will issue new guidance "protecting the right to prayer" in public schools, President Donald Trump said Sept. 8 during remarks at the Museum of the Bible for the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty...
DOVER — Holy Cross High School welcomed its inaugural class on Aug. 27 with “joyful song and heartfelt prayer,” according to the school. School president Tom Fertal marked this historic moment for Catholic education in Kent County by literally singing...