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MANCHESTER, England -- Italian medics should be given a chance to help a London girl who British doctors believe should die, a bishop said. Tafida Raqeeb, 5, collapsed at home Feb. 9 after she developed a blood clot on her...
NEWARK – Bishop Malooly and several other priests of the Diocese of Wilmington celebrated Mass on July 18 at Jeanne Jugan Residence as the Little Sisters of the Poor celebrate 150 years in America. Invited by Bishop Thomas Becker to...
WASHINGTON -- A few hundred Catholic activists, including dozens of women religious, gathered outside at the foot of the U.S. Capitol July 18 urging politicians to stop its "inhumane treatment" of immigrant children at the border and reminding people...
WASHINGTON — For Giancarlo Bernini, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, things are not always as they appear and that’s a good thing because it is how he plans to make a living. The magician, who...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis appointed Matteo Bruni to serve as director of the Vatican press office, replacing Alessandro Gisotti, who had been serving as interim director since Dec. 31. The Vatican announced the appointment July 18. Bruni, 42, previously...
MANCHESTER, England — Abortion and same-sex marriage will be made legal in Northern Ireland unless self-government in the province is restored within three months. The House of Lords in London voted 182-37 in favor of permitting abortions for Northern Irish...
Sister Regina Hudson, 88, formerly Sister Regina Michael, a Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and a founding sister of the Seton Center in the Diocese of Wilmington, died July 11 at The Villa at Florham Park, Florham Park,...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 21, 2019 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C 1) Gn 18:1-10 Psalm 15:2-5 2) Col 1:24-28 Gospel: Lk 10:38-42 In our first reading, God appears to Abraham, but Abraham doesn't know it's God. God takes the form of three travelers who pass...
WASHINGTON -- Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the court for nearly 35 years, died July 16 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 99 after suffering complications from a stroke the previous day. The justice, who...
Gabriel Said Reynolds, Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, will give a talk July 31 on his recent book on the Bible and the Qur'an in the Longwood Room at Salesianum. The talk, which...