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The story of John the Baptist really begins when he ... But wait! His story is multifaceted in ways history often overlooked. How should it start? Today it typically starts with John preaching to crowds who came to the Judean...
This year’s Share in the Spirit collection, taken up in parishes Sept. 21-22, raised $279,875 to help provide tuition assistance to parents who otherwise would could not afford to send their children to the Diocese of Wilmington’s elementary and...
All 452 students of Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Liftwood earned a 100 on their first TAG-Day test this year. That perfect grade was a result of every student donating $1 in September to support the Diocese of Wilmington’s...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is expected to force hundreds of thousands to lose food stamps. The advocates said...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Sister Barbara Donahue, 90, was only 10 minutes into an interview about the vaudeville group made up of her and her siblings when she broke out in "The Donahue Song." The ditty was written by her mom...
My father-in-law, Joseph, was a wonderful guy. An immigrant who passionately loved America, he was hardworking, honest and thrifty. He had a laborer's hands but a poet's mind. Joseph had seen enough of life, however, to make him a...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told Jesuits in Thailand he was "scandalized" by some of the anti-migrant rhetoric he hears in Europe, and he is convinced people are being manipulated into thinking the only way they can preserve their...
Father Leonard Roy Klein, rector of the Cathedral of Saint Peter, and pastor of Saint Patrick and Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception parishes in Wilmington died in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the presence of...
SALT LAKE CITY  -- As an attorney with Becket, a religious liberty law firm, Luke Goodrich is proud to be able to make a difference while earning a livelihood. He sees his work as a calling from God. It entails...
NEWARK — Saint Mark’s girls basketball team went on a 10-point run covering a seven-minute span in the first and second quarters to take control of its Dec. 5 game at Newark, and the Spartans went on to a...