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Confirmation in the Diocese of Wilmington has a new look this year, courtesy of the coronavirus. Bishop Malooly said he will still confirm some young people in 2020-21, but the sacrament will be administered mainly by priests of the...
Catholic Forum, the radio program/podcast of the Diocese of Wilmington, will begin airing at 1:30 p.m. each Saturday on Relevant Radio 640 beginning Sept. 26. The move from the 11 a.m. slot is to accommodate Relevant Radio’s expanded weekend programming. “We...
The United Nations was born in 1945 out of the rubble and human devastation of World War II. Like its predecessor, the League of Nations, the United Nations hoped to prevent future conflicts. But unlike the League of Nations, which...
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at age 87, has been described in countless tributes as a cultural icon and a giant despite her small size. "Our nation has lost a jurist of historic...
"No one shall be held in slavery or servitude," the United Nations declared in the fourth article of its 1948 landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issued three years after the international body's founding. "Slavery and the slave trade shall...
As my birthday approached last month, I decided to purchase a few new additions to my indoor garden — a blooming and three smaller, not-yet-blooming orchids. I selected them from a small greenhouse in my home state (supporting local...
TORONTO — It's comforting to remember that any credible writer's fiction does not disappear with the author's death. The late Brian Doyle was author of at least a dozen books, including the popular novel/memoir "Chicago" (2016), a semi-autobiographical tale of...
Now that the state Board of Education has approved the decision to move ahead with fall sports, officials at the Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Wilmington are busy preparing for practices, which begin on Sept. 28, and...
WASHINGTON — The Catholic Church and American society should recognize the historic and current contributions of Hispanic and Latino leaders, said a U.S. bishop at the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated Sept. 15-Oct. 15. This year, Hispanic Heritage Month...
40 Days for Life, the pro-life vigil held twice yearly, returns on Sept. 23 in two locations in Delaware. One will be outside Planned Parenthood at Seventh and Shipley streets in Wilmington, and the other will take place outside...