CLAYMONT — A turnaround shot by Megan North early in the first half stood up as Caravel defeated Archmere, 1-0, in nonconference field hockey on Oct. 4. The game was a defensive struggle throughout, with the teams combining for...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court announced Oct. 4, just three days before it begins its new term, that it will add an abortion case to its docket.
The justices have agreed to weigh in on a Louisiana law that requires...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed a retired anti-Mafia prosecutor to head the Vatican City State's judicial system.
Giuseppe Pignatone, 70, was named Oct. 3 to be president of the tribunal of Vatican City State, which handles civil and...
WILMINGTON — First responders of the Wilmington Diocese came together on Oct. 4 at the diocese’s annual Blue Mass, which honors police, firefighters and others who lay down their lives for the sake of others.
This year's Blue Mass, which...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis joined Amazonian church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens.
He also consecrated the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon to...
WASHINGTON -- A Dallas bishop said that the public forgiveness offered by the brother of a murder victim toward the person who killed him was "an incredible example of Christian love."
Bishop Edward J. Burns, who heads of the Diocese...
WILMINGTON — Saint Mark’s swept St. Elizabeth in Catholic Conference on Oct. 3, but the match at the St. E Center was much different that the first meeting last month at Saint Mark’s. The set scores were 25-8, 25-23...
WILMINGTON — Lucy Nace poked a few loose balls into the cage, and the Tower Hill defense threw up a brick wall against Ursuline, as the Hillers defeated the Raiders, 3-0, in nonconference field hockey on Oct. 3 at...
My husband’s father and my mother came from diverse backgrounds.
My father-in-law grew up in an East Coast urban tenement with his Italian immigrant parents. He was teased for the greasy eggplant sandwiches his mom packed for school lunch. Later,...
WASHINGTON — A Dallas bishop said that the public forgiveness offered by the brother of a murder victim toward the person who killed him was “an incredible example of Christian love.”
Bishop Edward J. Burns, who heads of the Diocese...