VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' clinical condition continued to improve Feb. 27, the Vatican said, and he had respiratory physiotherapy in the morning and the afternoon.
For the second day in a row, the 88-year-old pope's doctors at Rome's Gemelli...
Praying for vocations usually means praying for more priests. That's a good and necessary effort, of course, because without priests, there is no Eucharist.
But there's another vocation that may be even more endangered. And what's been happening in the...
Although Lent does not start until Wednesday, Lenten-themed events are beginning to get us in the right mind for the sacred season. Check out Stations of the Cross, missions, scripture study, novenas -- along with some fun events as well happening in...
By Mary Lou Sinkey
Parishioner, St. Mary of the Assumption
“When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart.” (Jer 15:16).
These words exclaim the feelings of all participants in our newly formed...
WILMINGTON – Padua Academy might have been taking on the final team to earn a berth in the DIAA girls basketball state tournament, but the eighth-seeded Pandas surely knew No. 24 Archmere would be a battle. The Auks made...
JERUSALEM -- The body of Shiri Bibas -- the mother of two red-headed boys who became a symbol of Israeli hostage suffering, both confirmed dead -- was eventually returned Feb. 21, with the Bibas family confirming Feb. 22 that...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for a quarter century.
At issue in the case was whether Glossip...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will not hear a pair of cases that may have allowed sidewalk counselors and protesters at abortion clinics to get as close as 8 feet away from people entering them.
The decision denying review of...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' condition showed "further slight improvement" in the previous 24 hours, the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin Feb. 26.
The "mild renal insufficiency" previously noted in the pope's condition "has receded," the bulletin said,...
Another important opportunity has arrived for Catholics to let their voices be heard in Delaware as another push for physician-assisted suicide is making its way through the state legislature.
Catholics at church this weekend will have the chance to send...