WASHINGTON — Although her work along the Texas-Mexico border has brought her fame and celebrity, Sister Norma Pimentel, a member of the Missionaries of Jesus, who is executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, shrugged that...
VATICAN CITY — Appealing to the world's leaders and policymakers, Pope Francis called for protecting the unborn and seeing these new lives as people who will bring new beginnings and hope for the future.
Each and every new life conceived...
Father Paul J. Campbell, pastor of St. Christopher Church in Chester, Md., since 2015, died Feb. 3 after a brief illness. He was 66.
Father Campbell was a native of Wilmington, graduating from Christ Our King and Salesianum schools. He...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily put on hold a state law restricting Louisiana abortion providers.
The law, which was set to take effect Feb. 4, requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge called on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Feb. 2 "to do what is best to restore the trust and confidence of the people in our leaders" after a racist photo from the...
A full slate of games, meets and matches await the Catholic schools this week. In basketball, teams are angling for postseason berths and seeding, while wrestling's dual-team championships are coming up this weekend.
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Jemicy at Ss. Peter and Paul (2-12),...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The sun had set long before Pope Francis arrived in Abu Dhabi Feb. 3, but Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince, and Egyptian Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar,...
Bishop Malooly celebrated a Votive Mass of St. John Vianney this morning at Corpus Christi Church as the Diocese of Wilmington hosts the relic of St. John Vianney’s incorrupt heart as part of its tour of the United States.
A...
"I don't like peas!"
The child's voice cut through the church and stirred up ripples of laughter at an otherwise solemn moment at Mass. Parents, red-faced and cringing, tried to gently silence their beloved but overexpressive child. But the child...
DUBUQUE, IOWA -- Catholic Schools Week 2019 featured some wild weather, including snow and record-breaking subzero temperatures that created dangerous climatic conditions.
Most schools in the Archdiocese of Dubuque had four snow days between Jan. 27-31, which was most of...