While I can rattle off a long list of positive things about being raised in the Northeast (the quality of bagels, access to cultural events in big cities and proximity to the ocean top the list), an honest assessment...
VATICAN CITY — Before blessing a large resin cross constructed around a used orange life vest, Pope Francis insisted human beings have a “binding” moral obligation to save those whose lives are threatened, including the lives of migrants and...
By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
The holiday panic of picking out the right gifts is upon us. Now comes the challenge deciding what best to give a beloved or dear friend.
Our materialist world is forever pointing us to worldly gifts as...
Sunday Scripture reading, Dec. 22, 2019
Fourth Sunday of Advent
1) Is 7:10-14
Psalm 24:1-6
2) Rom 1:1-7
Gospel: Mt 1:18-24
The mystery of Jesus as God and man
At Christmas, we are dealing with incomprehensibles.
The one through whom God brought everything into existence and gave...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Thousands of people attended the Dec. 17 funeral Mass for Detective Joseph Seals, the police officer fatally shot Dec. 10 at a cemetery in Jersey City just prior to the deadly attack at a kosher...
SHREWSBURY, England -- A former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II is to be received into the Catholic Church.
Bishop Gavin Ashenden of the Christian Episcopal Church will become a Catholic Dec. 22 in Shrewsbury cathedral. He said he had reached...
"One of Us" is brief snapshot of people who support the church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who are recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Mia Cimino
HOMETOWN: Wilmington
PARISH: Immaculate Heart of Mary
WHAT...
ELSMERE — If you’re looking for an idea of what your city might look like 150 years from now, turn your attention to All Saints Catholic School. There, the Future City team is busy working on a sustainable model...
WILMINGTON — Father Thomas Peterman has completed his latest book, “John James Monaghan, D.D.: Third Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.” The book chronicles the life and ministry of the Sumter, S.C., native who would lead the Catholic...
By Father Christopher R. Coffiey
With the hectic experience that the Christmas Season brings, many of us do not take the time to really appreciate it. Advent seems to get almost pushed aside. Stores populate with an abundance of sales...