(Diocese of Wilmington seminarian James Gebhart was valedictorian at Seton Hall University commencement on May 20. Below is the speech he delivered to several thousand people at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.)
Welcome Cardinal Tobin, members of the Board...
WILMINGTON – James Gebhart said that if you had told him four years ago he would be a college valedictorian, “I would have thought you were crazy.”
In 2015, Gebhart graduated from Delaware Military Academy, and on May 20, he...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- What was meant to be one of the happiest of occasions for the Zoughbi family became a nightmare because of Israeli policy on family reunification for foreign spouses of Palestinians.
For almost 30 years, American-born Sandra...
Three Catholic schools are among the 24 who are challenging for the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association baseball championship. Salesianum, St. Mark’s and Archmere founbd out their seedinbgs when the brackets were announced May 20.
The Sals earned the second seed,...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – Salesianum's volleyball team lost one match during the regular season, and now the Sals will have the chance to gain a measure of revenge on a bigger stage. The Sals swept Wilmington Charter, 3-0, in the...
LOS ANGELES -- Church officials are urging Catholics to continue to oppose a California bill that would force priests to disclose information about child sexual abuse that they hear in the sacrament of confession.
The call came as the Senate...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to commute the death sentence to life in prison for a man scheduled to be executed for a 1984 murder.
Robert Joseph "Bobby Joe" Long, 65,...
VATICAN CITY -- Any time money changes hands, there is a potential for financial misconduct, but the leaders of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority said the Holy See has made enormous strides in reducing its risks.
Rene Brulhart and Tommaso...
WASHINGTON -- Thousands attended the May 20 funeral of a Salvadoran priest found by his parishioners in what some presume is a gang killing.
Parishioners found Father Cecilio Perez Cruz, a 35-year-old priest and pastor of San Jose La Majada...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told the bishops of Italy that he was disappointed that so many of their dioceses had yet to implement the reforms he ordered to make the marriage annulment process quicker, more pastoral and less...