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A four-day summit of bishops called by Pope Francis to discuss the Catholic Church’s fight against the sexual abuse of minors ended Feb. 24 with a papal pledge “to combat this evil that strikes at the...
PENNY HILL – Archmere found enough offense in the second half and was accurate from the free throw line in a 35-27 win at Mount Pleasant on Feb. 27 in the opening round of the DIAA girls basketball tournament....
BLADENSBURG, Md. -- The day before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about a cement memorial cross in a grassy median strip in an intersection of a Washington suburb, there was no fanfare at the cross itself.
Although there...
The Diocese of Wilmington held its annual “Pass the Word” discernment program Feb. 26 for high school students who visited St. Joseph Church in Cordova, Md., and St. Benedict Church in Ridgely, Md.
The program attracted several dozen high...
VATICAN CITY -- The day Australian Cardinal George Pell was jailed in Melbourne after being found guilty of child sexual abuse, the Vatican announced his case would be investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
"After the...
Archmere Academy left them laughing over the weekend and keeps the show going as a second weekend of "The Addams" family returns to the stage.
Uncle Fester, Morticia, Wednesday and the crew will be open for business Friday and Saturday...
VAN NUYS, Calif. — In the few moments she spent up close and personal with the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney during its visit to St. Elisabeth of Hungary Church in Van Nuys Feb. 22, Milagros “Lally” Guiao...
ROME — The Catholic sisters who took part in Pope Francis’ summit on clergy sexual abuse say they hope the presence of a dozen women at the gathering sets a standard for a growing presence of women at Vatican...
DUBLIN — Anglican Archbishop Michael Jackson of Dublin said he was shocked after thieves broke into a church in the Irish capital, vandalizing the crypt and taking the head of an 800-year-old mummy known as “the Crusader.”
The crypt was...
From staff and wire reports
WASHINGTON -- The Senate in an evening vote Feb. 25 failed to advance a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and...