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WILMINGTON — On Jan. 31, the final day of Catholic Schools Week, St. John the Beloved School welcomed David Hutchman and his canine puppet friend, Digger, to campus. Hutchman dazzled the kindergarten through second grades with a show that...
There may not be as many events scheduled in the winter months, but there are still ways to connect with our faith community here in the Diocese of Wilmington. Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: Looking for an affordable...
As we enter a new presidential term, the social policy question before our nation will largely be the restriction or expansion of immigration. A recent article succinctly put it in these terms: “Immigration has both advantages and disadvantages that...
NAPLES, Fla. -- Business consultant and Florida-based dealmaker Theresa Barbale recalled her first trip to Hollywood to promote a traditional-values film project knowing that she might be speaking to a movie production workforce with radically different views. "I was very...
CLAYMONT — Sometimes, interior linemen go unrecognized on the football field. Jack Chesman spent the past four seasons on the line for the Archmere Auks, and he did get noticed. Chesman has been named the recipient of the 2024...
WASHINGTON -- More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups filed a lawsuit Feb. 11 in federal court to challenge a Trump administration policy that rescinded long-standing restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what...
The leader of the nation's Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis' move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith. On Feb. 11, the Vatican's Dicastery for Divine Worship and...
Scripture readings for February 16, 2025, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 17:5-8  Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6  1 Cor 15:12, 16-20  Lk 6:17, 20-26 If anyone was expecting Jesus to deliver this sermon from a mountain, they got a...
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Robert G. Casey of Chicago as his successor. The pope also accepted the resignation...
Death and taxes. It’s the punchline to the time-worn statement “We have only two certainties in life.” It’s also true the term “temporary tax” should be looked at with grave skepticism because most taxpayers know once a tax is approved, it...