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MIAMI -- After a routine exam 16 years ago, Dr. Shawn Fibkins discovered that he had inherited polycystic kidney disease from his father. "It was devastating for me because now I was in the medical field and I knew what...
VATICAN CITY  -- Worshipping the Lord as the Three Kings did involves making a journey "from the greatest form of bondage: slavery to oneself," Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany. To worship like the Magi did is...
Dan Beaudrie is a man of faith who beat the odds. Actually, he didn't just beat them, he crushed them. Both faith and wrestling were important to Beaudrie, a high school student in Cody, Wyoming. He trained his way up...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general. Several days after Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, warned of...
If you were one of the three kings, what would you pack in your coffer to give to the baby Jesus? The question might sound utterly fanciful, but it really isn't. Each Epiphany, when we hear about the visit from the...
The Christmas break is over, which means those athletes who have had a few weeks off from competition will be back on the court, the ice or the mat, or in the pool. Girls Basketball Tuesday Ursuline (3-4) at Caravel (3-3), 7:15 p.m....
"Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you" (Is 60:1). Night was falling at the end of a gray day. A few dozen silent, shabby figures were sitting at round tables waiting. I walked through the...
WILMINGTON – St. Elizabeth’s girls basketball team welcomed back a key piece of their puzzle on Jan. 3, and Ber’Nyah Mayo didn’t take long to inject herself into the Vikings’ offense. Mayo took a pass off the opening tip...
WASHINGTON -- Anthony McCarten is a double-dipper. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The Catholic writer first wrote a nonfiction book called "The Two Popes," then was commissioned to write its fictional screenplay, which centers on fly-on-the-wall conversations between...
VATICAN CITY  -- Health care professionals always must "promote the dignity and life of each person and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal illness," Pope...