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As the public health emergency continues, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington remains fully committed to the mission of service to the needy and vulnerable in our communities. How You Can Help During this time of great need, Catholic Charities...
VATICAN CITY -- If a priest is wearing a mask and standing 3 feet or 6 feet away from a penitent requesting the sacrament of reconciliation, is he really more present to a penitent he knows than he would...
Sunday Scripture reading, March 22, 2020: Fourth Sunday of Lent 1) 1 Sm 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 Psalm 23:1-6 2) Eph 5:8-14 Gospel: Jn 9:1-41 Remember that God is our shepherd on the path of life Deep beneath the Eternal City of Rome is a vast...
She was weakened physically by smallpox, but it couldn't keep her strong spirit from accomplishing great things. Meet French-born American Saint Theodora Guerin, the founding force behind Catholic education in Indiana. Born Anne-Therese Guerin on Oct. 2, 1798, she was...
SALISBURY, Md. — Sister Joan Marie Albanese, a member of the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary, died March 8 at Wicomico Nursing Home, where she had been in hospice care since December. She was 77. Born in Stamford, Conn.,...
BALTIMORE — The secretary of Maryland’s Department of Human Services, Lourdes R. Padilla, has announced that all buildings in each of the 24 local Departments of Social Services have been closed as of noon Wednesday. The move was made...
Diocese of Wilmington officials decided March 17 that the March 27 print edition of The Dialog would not be published, but workers at the print-and-digital news arm of the diocese continued delivering news and advertisement from around the Delaware...
MILLTOWN — With the explosion in the popularity of video gaming, it was only a matter of time before organized esports filtered down to the high school level. In Delaware, Saint Mark’s High School introduced a formal esports club...
ROME -- Looking on the "bright side" or seeking the "silver lining" of something like a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is not naivete, but an exercise of one's God-given will, said a U.S. professor locked...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked people to pray for all victims of COVID-19, including the health care workers who sacrificed their lives caring for others. "Let us pray today for the dead, for those who, because of the virus,...