While the girls will open postseason play in three sports before the week is up, the regular seasons in boys lacrosse and baseball are not yet finished. Volleyball will get tournament play under way this week and is not,...
The end of the regular season has come for the girls sports. The softball postseason now will begin on Thursday, while lacrosse gets going on Thursday and Division II soccer on Saturday. Before then, teams will be making final...
In 1916, Padraig Pearse was executed by the British for his role in the Irish Easter uprising.
Pearse was more of a scholar and a poet than he was a warrior. But like many in the fledging rebellion against the...
VATICAN CITY — A diocese that cares more about being an organized workplace rather than announcing the good news can fall prey to clericalism and distance itself from Christ, Pope Francis said.
In creating a "functionalist diocese," the pope said,...
NEW YORK -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service.
"Hesburgh" (O'Malley Creadon)
Informative, though wholly uncritical, biographical documentary about Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh (1917-2015) chronicles not only his long tenure as president of...
PHILADELPHIA -- The clergy sex abuse crisis that engulfed the U.S. church -- and has since spread globally -- requires understanding it as context for what is happening in the church and society, according to journalist Peter Steinfels.
The global...
WASHINGTON — Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action in response to the May 7 school shooting inside a charter school near Denver. One teenager died and eight other students were wounded.
"Action is needed to attempt to reduce...
Dear Friends in Christ,
It is our obligation as a Church family to assure that our retired diocesan priests - who have dedicated their lives to care for the spiritual needs of the Catholic community of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern...
All are invited to join Bishop Malooly in prayer and support of those discerning a call to the priesthood, consecrated life and permanent diaconate at the diocesan Mass for Vocations.
Mass will be June 15 at 11:00 a.m. at the...
Bishop Malooly presided at confirmation services in numerous parishes in the Diocese of Wilmington during the end of April and beginning of May, including May 7 at St. Luke's in Ocean City.
At the confirmation in Ocean City, the bishop...