NEW CASTLE — The morning of Oct. 3 was pretty routine for the third grade at St. Anthony of Padua School. They spent much of the morning at desks listening to an instructor, asking questions and taking turns demonstrating...
Sunday Scripture readings, Oct. 13, 2019:
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) 2 Kgs 5:14-17
Psalm 98:1-4
2) 2 Tm 2:8-13
Gospel: Lk 17:11-19
In our society, "good Samaritan" is a familiar phrase. There are "Good Samaritan" laws and Good Samaritan hospitals.
In Jewish society in...
CLAYMONT — Delmarva Christian’s volleyball team made a rare trip to New Castle County on Oct. 9, showing flashes of good volleyball but eventually falling to Archmere, 3-0. Set scores were 25-7, 25-14 and 25-15.
The Royals, out of Georgetown,...
By Lisa Winnington
Ronnie Merritt is foreman of All Saints Cemetery. He was driving over to the office on a recent Thursday and noticed a young boy in the grass. He was crying. Ronnie, my co-worker, started to talk to...
HOUSTON -- Michael Graczyk, a parishioner at a Catholic church in Montgomery County, Texas, has personally witnessed more than 400 executions of Texas inmates in death penalty cases in his career as a journalist.
An Associated Press reporter since 1983,...
WASHINGTON -- The Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition with the Supreme Court Oct. 1 asking the court to once again protect them from the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act.
This has a familiar ring because...
NEW CASTLE – Students from Catholic schools from across the Diocese of Wilmington gathered Oct. 7 at Holy Spirit Church in New Castle for the annual rosary rally. Bishop Malooly presided at the service.
The students, covering all grade levels,...
Students at schools around the Diocese of Wilmington marked the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi by bringing their pets – or a reasonable facsimile thereof – to blessings of the animals.
From St. Elizabeth School in Wilmington to Most...
VATICAN CITY — Synod participants offered several proposals to address the lack of priests in the Amazon region, including revising the formation program for candidates to the priesthood and instituting new ministries for lay men and women.
According to a...
WASHINGTON — So an impeachment query in the House, and a potential trial in the Senate, want to get in the way of legislation being considered in Congress? Take a number.
Advocates for several Catholic organizations interviewed by Catholic News...