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CLAYMONT – Senior Brian Burns scored three goals to lead second-ranked Archmere past St. Elizabeth, 4-1, in soccer on Sept. 10. Burns didn't waste any time, scoring a minute in on a fast break to give the Auks the...
WILMINGTON – Wilmington Charter was playing its third volleyball match in a week when the Force welcomed Padua to campus on Sept. 10. The Pandas, meanwhile, were taking the floor for the first time. Padua let Charter hang close...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MADAGASCAR — Pope Francis told reporters he hoped and prayed the Catholic Church would not experience a new schism, but human freedom means people always have had and will have the “schism option.” “I pray...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly. At the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center,...
GLASGOW -- A large gathering welcomed Bishop Malooly as he blessed the latest additions to St. Margaret's parish and Christ the Teacher school on Sunday, Sept. 8. A new gymnasium at the school and a new parish hall near the...
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius -- Statistical indicators show Mauritius' rapid economic growth has benefited all sectors of society, lifting thousands out of poverty over the past 30 years, but Pope Francis still urged the island's Catholics to be careful. The danger...
MIAMI -- Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder of Nassua, Bahamas, celebrated Mass Sept. 8 for evacuee families and Catholic school staff members a week after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the islands. "I spoke about the hurricane aftermath, then invited the people...
There are moments in my life I don't understand. Moments where I knew God cared for me in a way I just can't explain away. Like two years ago, I was walking down the street in Edinburgh, on a solo...
"In my old age 'angels,' as I call them, have come to me," a 95-year-old woman named Erminia told Pope Francis during his March 2015 visit to Naples, Italy. Her angels included "young and not-so-young people," she explained. They...
With the remnants of Hurrican Dorian in the rear-view mirror, the Catholic soccer and football teams can look forward to a nice week to be outside. The football schedule, in particular, has a pair of intriguing games on tap,...