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WILMINGTON — The eighth-grade class from St. Ann School in Wilmington gathered on the night of June 7 to watch their graduation video in the church parking lot. Fathers Jack Mink and Rich Jasper greeted students and their families, who...
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he is "deeply concerned" that by ruling federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court "has effectively redefined the legal meaning of 'sex' in our nation's...
ELKTON, Md. — Eighth-grade students arrived one-by-one every 10 minutes for their graduation on June 3 at Immaculate Conception School in Elkton, Md. The school is closing after 93 years of service. The graduates walked down the sidewalk in front...
VATICAN CITY -- Spanish Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Valencia made headlines when he described as a "work of the devil" attempts to find a COVID-19 vaccine using cell lines created from fetuses aborted voluntarily decades ago. While his remarks...
ELSMERE — Eighth-grade students arrived every 15 minutes to All Saints Catholic School on June 3 for its final graduation ceremony. The school is closing after nine years. Each graduate received a yearbook and diploma when they arrived at Corpus...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, For centuries, our country and our State have been plagued with problems of racial inequality and injustice. Although many people have acted in good faith in service and prayer to bring about just change,...
NEWARK — Students are not the only ones who experienced the drive-through goodbye this spring. At Holy Angels School, families said goodbye to their longtime principal on June 13 with that most 2020 of innovations. Dozens of vehicles lined up...
By Hosffman Ospino Strolling through the streets of our neighborhood as part of our daily walk, my 6-year-old daughter blurted a question I knew was coming sooner or later: "Papa, what happened to Mr. Floyd?" She heard comments about George Floyd’s...
People call me Father, but I don't have kids. And when folks call me Father, they sure as heck don't mean that I'm God. When Jesus says, "Call no one on earth your father" (Mt 23:9), he means do...
By FATHER RICHARD JASPER I was an “angst-y” teen. My family prefers to use the word “miserable,” but let’s not argue over semantics here. And like all miserable – I mean “angst-y” 13-year-olds – I found a song during that time which...