The COVID-19 pandemic forced couples to rearrange or postpone weddings all over the Diocese of Wilmington, but for men and women earlier on in their engagement, marriage preparation had to continue. So, with a bit of adjustment, the diocesan...
MOBILE, Ala. -- What's the key to becoming parents of two priests?
"All we did was to get out of the way of the Holy Spirit," Dr. Deneen Plessala smiled and said.
Drs. Kirby and Deneen Plessala had two reasons to...
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the St. John Paul II National Shrine June 2 shortly before he was expected to sign an executive order at the White House to expand U.S. support for international religious...
It seems as if all we have been writing -- and all you have been reading -- is coronavirus coverage. Schools closed, Masses livestreamed, illness, grief.
These have all been part of life since the pandemic-fueled shutdown of 2020.
What about...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- For three hours on the morning of May 30, Father Joe Gillespie walked Lake Street in Minneapolis, surveying the destruction in his neighborhood.
The Walgreens a block from his parish church, St. Albert the Great, was...
GLASGOW — Kathleen Lee, a teacher at Christ the Teacher Catholic School since its opening in 2002, has been named assistant principal, effective July 1. The announcement was made by Stephen Adams, the current assistant principal who will become...
VATICAN CITY -- Much like the coronavirus pandemic, racism is a "spiritual" virus that has spread throughout the world and must be eradicated, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
"I would compare (racism) to COVID-19,...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – The coronavirus pandemic cost faithful Catholics 10 weeks of attending Mass in person, but that came to an end the morning of June 1, when several churches in the Diocese of Wilmington welcomed people back into...
WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court May 29 chose not to intervene in an emergency appeal by a church in Southern California to lift COVID-19 restrictions that limit congregation sizes.
The justices responded just before midnight with a 5-4 vote...
WASHINGTON -- The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis "was senseless and brutal, a sin that cries out to heaven for justice," and protests taking place nationwide "reflect the justified frustration and anger" of millions of Americans who today...