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By Madelyn Thomas St. Elizabeth School A witty small-town girl and the mayor's son falling in love may sound like your traditional love story, but Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's "Bright Star" is far from traditional; based on the story of...
GREENVILLE — Matt Ziomek had two goals and an assist to lead Saint Mark’s to a 4-1 win over Odyssey Charter in soccer on Tuesday afternoon. Ziomek picked up his helper in just the second minute, feeding Samuel Griffith for...
WILMINGTON — Archmere put on a strong defensive effort, but the Auks’ field hockey regular season ended with a 2-0 loss at Tower Hill on Oct. 29. The Auks finished the year 6-8-1. Archmere opened with possession, and the Auks...
From news service and staff reports FLORENCE, S.C. -- Former Vice President Joe Biden attended the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27 and when he presented himself to receive the Eucharist was refused by the pastor. "Sadly, this...
WILMINGTON — Studying the Holocaust is nothing new in American schools. At Padua Academy, students in Barbara Markham’s history class spent a day with German exchange students discussing the similarities and differences in the way the subject is approached...
HONG KONG — As demonstrations pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not “cockroaches or dogs.” Ucanews.org reported Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing of Hong Kong...
For John Moore, each step is a prayer. And when you’re walking the 2,800 miles from San Francisco to Washington, that’s a lot of prayer. Last January, Moore completed a cross-country walk to pray for the unborn. Accompanied by his...
Church leaders have pledged transparency and accountability as the foundation for restoring confidence in the church and the Diocese of Wilmington has taken steps to strengthen those initiatives. Kelly Donahue, director of human resources for the diocese, credits Bishop Malooly...
PHILADELPHIA -- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia said the city's plan to create a safe drug injection site now that it has the legal go-ahead to do so "is simply the latest dose of despair offered by a...
VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon asked that women be given leadership roles in the Catholic Church, although they stopped short of calling for women deacons. In the Amazon, like in the rest of...