MILLTOWN — With pulled pork and cole slaw on one side of a big tent, and part of the marching band on the other, there could be no question what was happening Oct. 8 at Saint Mark’s High School....
UNITED NATIONS -- In an Oct. 7 address to the United Nations' Economic and Financial Committee, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's newly appointed nuncio, took note of the many economic inequities made worse by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
"From states...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court is temporarily allowing drugs used to medically induce abortions to be mailed or delivered without requiring the recipient to make a doctor's visit during the coronavirus pandemic.
In an unsigned order Oct. 8, the...
Father Michael Murray, OSFS, assistant provincial of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales and chaplain of the Wilmington Fire Department, offered the homily at the Diocese of Wilmington "Blue Mass" Oct. 2.
Thomas Dade was...
DUBLIN -- Ireland's four Catholic archbishops have requested a meeting with the country's prime minister to raise concerns about the fact that it is the only place in Europe where public worship has been suspended in response to a...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Diocese of Brooklyn filed a lawsuit in federal court Oct. 8 against the state of New York, charging that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new orders reducing church capacity violates the First Amendment's guarantee of the free...
Salesianum’s appeal the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to make changes to the way the state Division I football tournament field will be selected this year was rejected during a DIAA board meeting on Oct. 8, leaving the Sals scrambling...
EL PASO, Texas — Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso is self-quarantining at his home after a test taken Oct. 3 indicated he had tested positive for COVID-19.
He will remain quarantined until a subsequent test is negative.
Bishop Seitz...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' social encyclical sees the need for human fraternity as more than just an abstract concept, but as a concrete path toward peaceful coexistence in a world fraught by war, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
At the...
WASHINGTON -- In his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," Pope Francis reminds the faithful that "God’s plan for humanity has implications for every aspect of our lives," said the president of the U.S. Conference of...