By Father Carter Griffin
A few days ago, someone asked me in passing whether the "big meeting in Rome" -- referring to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon -- would allow priests to marry. He, like many Americans, takes...
WILMINGTON — Fourth-graders and new students in fifth through eighth grades at St. Edmond’s Academy received the school’s traditional red blazer in a new ceremony on Oct. 22. Eighth-grade students presented their schoolmates with the blazers.
“It’s more than a...
WASHINGTON -- An update to the Program on Priestly Formation, a progress report on the establishment of a nationwide, third-party reporting system for abuse or misconduct by bishops, and a vote on new leadership for the U.S. Conference of...
LEWES — Ann Jaffe remembers her father asking the wounded Russian to kill his family quickly.
Her family had fled into the bitterly cold woods during the Polish winter to escape the Nazis. Now, the Germans had surrounded the forest...
Trever Miller was born to be a pitcher.
The Kentucky native loved the challenge baseball presented. The struggle between two men. One with a ball. The other 60 feet 6 inches away, holding a bat. Over a 21-year career in...
WILMINGTON — Ethan Hinds had a goal and two assists as Salesianum remained on top of Division I soccer in Delaware with a 4-0 win at Wilmington Charter on Oct. 22. The game started with barely a mist in...
WILMINGTON — With seven seniors playing their final volleyball match at home, the second-ranked Padua Pandas brought their 'A' game in a 3-0 sweep of No. 1 Saint Mark's. Set scores were 25-14, 25-22 and 25-21.
The Pandas opened the...
WASHINGTON -- Like most parish priests, Msgr. Stephen Rossetti celebrates Mass, baptizes babies, gives marriage preparation talks and provides pastoral care that often involves listening to people or praying with them.
He also frequently blesses baseball bats.
That's because the priest,...
VATICAN CITY — An Italian author who was once tried and acquitted by a Vatican court for publishing leaked documents is claiming in a new book that decades of mismanagement, shady deals and decreasing donations will leave the Vatican...
By Carole Norris Greene
The major networks did not lead off with the death of Maryland Congressman Elijah Eugene Cummings the evening of Oct. 17, the day Cummings died while in hospice care in his beloved Baltimore. Word of his...