From news service and staff reports
FLORENCE, S.C. -- Former Vice President Joe Biden attended the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27 and when he presented himself to receive the Eucharist was refused by the pastor.
"Sadly, this...
WILMINGTON — Studying the Holocaust is nothing new in American schools. At Padua Academy, students in Barbara Markham’s history class spent a day with German exchange students discussing the similarities and differences in the way the subject is approached...
HONG KONG — As demonstrations pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not “cockroaches or dogs.”
Ucanews.org reported Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing of Hong Kong...
For John Moore, each step is a prayer. And when you’re walking the 2,800 miles from San Francisco to Washington, that’s a lot of prayer.
Last January, Moore completed a cross-country walk to pray for the unborn. Accompanied by his...
Church leaders have pledged transparency and accountability as the foundation for restoring confidence in the church and the Diocese of Wilmington has taken steps to strengthen those initiatives.
Kelly Donahue, director of human resources for the diocese, credits Bishop Malooly...
PHILADELPHIA -- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia said the city's plan to create a safe drug injection site now that it has the legal go-ahead to do so "is simply the latest dose of despair offered by a...
VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon asked that women be given leadership roles in the Catholic Church, although they stopped short of calling for women deacons.
In the Amazon, like in the rest of...
VATICAN CITY -- Citing the negative misinterpretations that the word "secret" implies, Pope Francis has changed the name of the Vatican Secret Archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archives.
In a decree, issued "motu proprio," on the pope's own initiative, and...
They were plucking and stomping over the weekend at Ursuline Academy's Anna Frances Raskob Auditorium.
Members of Ursuline Academy Theater produced four shows over three days beginning Oct. 25.
"Bright Star" is a musical set in the 1920s and '40s with...
Archmere and Salesianum both have enjoyed immense success this soccer season, and on Wednesday the top teams in each of their respective divisions get together on the pitch in the week's marquee matchup. On the Eastern Shore, Ss. Peter...