WASHINGTON -- Just hours before the sixth federal execution took place this year, and two days before the next one was scheduled, two U.S. bishops' committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.
"We say to President Trump and Attorney General Barr: Enough. Stop these executions," said...
ELKHART, Iowa -- Patrick Gannon was driving home to the family farm north of Colfax when the Aug. 10 derecho blew through.
"I didn't even know it was going to rain," said Gannon, a member of St. Mary/Holy Cross Parish...
The Vision for the Future Sponsorship Program matches donors with students who currently attend a Diocese of Wilmington elementary school. Every year, there are children who are no longer able to remain in a Catholic school simply because tuition...
“One of Us” is brief snapshot of people who support the church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Joe Furness
HOMETOWN: Bear
PARISH: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
What is...
Twelve years ago this month, I taught my first theology class at an all-girls high school. Fresh out of graduate school, I could boast of only a few hours of undergraduate lecturing and grading as preparatory experience.
While I was...
CLEVELAND — The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on political responsibility is rooted in the Catholic Church’s long-standing moral tradition that upholds human dignity and the common good of all, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said.
“The document is...
WASHINGTON — Although the thought of standing with throngs of people for hours at a time seems foreign now in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it was something tens of thousands of Catholics were happy to do in...
What is Share in the Spirit and why is it important?
Share in the Spirit is an annual collection of the Diocese of Wilmington conducted at all Masses during the fourth weekend of September. Proceeds raised through this collection...
WILMINGTON - The Diocese of Wilmington will hold its annual Marian Pilgrimage on Saturday, Oct. 3. This year, the event will be online only due to the coronavirus pandemic. The theme for this year’s event that brings Catholics from...