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CLAYMONT – Cape Henlopen started each of the two halves in its boys lacrosse game at Archmere on April 27 the same way, with an offensive onslaught. But while the host Auks were able to mount a comeback the...
VATICAN CITY — Chilean bishops said that while they support legislation requiring priests and religious authorities to report crimes, they also fear that an update to the country’s current law would force clergy to break the sacramental seal of...
WASHINGTON — When the elderly men and women at the Jeanne Jugan Residence for senior care pray the rosary with Sister Constance Veit, they see her as more than one of the caregivers at the facility. Though this nun...
By BRETT ROBINSON Our dishwasher broke five months ago. We decided not to fix it because we were short on money, so we tried washing dishes by hand for a while. This obviously slowed everything down. The dinner routine for our...
By RICHARD DOERFLINGER The pro-life film "Unplanned" has exceeded expectations, recouping its $6 million filming budget on its first weekend in theaters. At this writing, it has taken in over $17 million -- despite the fact that many television stations...
WASHINGTON -- An organist from Notre Dame Cathedral -- performing an April 26 benefit concert in Washington for the reconstruction of the iconic Parisian church -- will end his program, fittingly, with a piece about Christ's resurrection. The concert at...
WILMINGTON – Salesianum had defeated Caravel and St. Mark’s in games one and two of their three-games-in-three-days gauntlet against a trio of the best teams in Delaware. But the Sals could not complete the hat trick, falling to Appoquinimink,...
JERASH, Jordan — The poorest of Jordan’s 10 camps for Palestinian refugees would seem to be the unlikeliest place from which to launch an international business, but SEP Jordan is no usual enterprise. Here, 350 Palestinian refugee women — and...
VATICAN CITY — The scales of justice cannot solve everything, especially when it comes to stopping a cycle of evil vengeance, Pope Francis said. “Evil knows revenge and if it is not halted, it risks spreading, suffocating the whole world,”...
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled April 22 that the city of Philadelphia can bar Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from placing children in foster care with any family because...