By KAREN JAMES
From the lighting of the first Advent candle to the final stroke of midnight Mass, Christmas traditions evoke the meaning of the season for many Catholics.
The standard traditions in Catholic churches and homes may include placing a...
WILMINGTON – The next time Salesianum’s football team plays at their home field across 18th Street, they will be doing so at Abessinio Stadium in a facility named after school graduate, businessman and philanthropist Rocco A. Abessinio.
Abessinio and his...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 69-year-old Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar of Los Angeles after the archdiocese's independent Clergy Misconduct Oversight Board recommended he not be allowed to minister because of an allegation of...
VATICAN CITY — Before traveling to Rome for a major Vatican summit on the clerical sex abuse crisis and child protection, each participating bishop should meet with survivors of abuse, said the committee organizing the meeting.
“The first step must...
TOWSON, Md. — The Maryland province of the Society of Jesus Dec. 17 released the names of Jesuits who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors since 1950. They include Jesuits from the province and other Jesuits...
WASHINGTON -- Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve -- Dec. 24, 1818 -- in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be...
VATICAN CITY — In today’s climate of mistrust, rejection and nationalism, the world urgently needs peacemakers and politicians who protect and lovingly serve others, Pope Francis said in his annual message for the World Day of Peace Jan. 1.
“Terror...
By Tony Magliano
Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24, 1968) the crew of Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit and began circling the moon – the first time in history for humans to visit another world (see: https://bit.ly/2EkLJda).
That evening...
CLAYMONT – A 16-point run in the first quarter propelled Archmere to an early lead, and they never looked back in a 62-19 win over Delaware Military Academy in Diamond State Athletic Conference girls basketball on Dec. 17.
The young...
CLAYMONT — Mitch Moyer was a three-way threat for the Archmere football team in 2018, giving the Auks’ opponents something to worry about on offense, defense and special teams. He was a linchpin for a team that went 9-1...