MILLTOWN – With their biggest hitter on the bench, Ursuline's volleyball team knew it would need other players to step up to help fill the gap against a very good opponent. And step up they did, as the defending...
VATICAN CITY -- Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former nuncio to the United States who accused Pope Francis and church officials of failing to act on accusations of sexual abuse, urged a top Vatican official to release documents that...
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church has its share of young saints who gave witness through their lives that holiness can be attained even at a young age.
Others, like Blesseds Paul VI and Oscar Romero, show that the path...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – Defense figured to be at the forefront when Concord traveled to Forbes Field to meet Padua in a matchup of top-10 Division I field hockey programs on Sept. 27. Both offenses had opportunities, but only the...
VATICAN CITY — Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without capital punishment and that a criminal should be given the chance to reform, a top Vatican diplomat...
HONG KONG — Catholics in Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong are divided over the provisional agreement between China and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops.
Some believe it will lead to better diplomatic relations, but others question how Beijing’s...
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities praised a decision by the U.S. secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to end a Food and Drug Administration contract with a company “whose...
WASHINGTON — A former assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Washington was arrested Sept. 26 after federal law enforcement officials charged him with mail fraud in a scheme to embezzle money from the archdiocese.
Kenneth Gaughan was...
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Nm 11:25-29
Psalm 19:8, 10, 12-14
2) Jas 5:1-6
Gospel: Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Rage
There it is, right in the middle of today's Gospel -- the statement we might consider God's particular word to the church in...
CLAYMONT — Archmere Academy has an expansive campus, but at its heart, the size of the student body fosters close bonds among members of the school community. Or, as 1979 graduate Michael Hare puts it, “It’s a tiny place....