CLAYMONT — Second-ranked Archmere had to wait four extra days for its season opener, but the Auks didn't waste any time as the scored 11 first-half goals on the way to a 14-2 victory over Diamond State Athletic Conference...
GREENVILLE – A.I. duPont built up an 8-0 lead, then watched as St. Elizabeth fought back in the seventh. The Vikings' late surge, however, was not enough, and the Tigers captured an 8-5 win in the season opener for...
WASHINGTON — Unborn children would face greater health risks if the Environmental Protection Agency moves to rescind a rule regulating hazardous air pollutants emitted by power plants, said the chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees.
The bishops...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has made it easier for a religious order to dismiss a member who leaves the community without permission, stays away and does not communicate with his or her superior.
In a document titled “Communis Vita”...
MA’ALUL VILLAGE REMAINS, Israel — The destroyed Arab village of Ma’alul, located just outside of Nazareth, does not appear on any Israeli map, but it is etched on Salwa Salem Copty’s heart.
Copty’s widowed mother and her three older siblings,...
INDIANAPOLIS -- As introductions were made and basic information was gathered, the voices of Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon were jovial and lighthearted.
But in telephone interview with The Criterion, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, their sound changed as...
VATICAN CITY -- Claiming a lack of support for open dialogue and for an editorial line run by women, the director and editorial staff of a Vatican women's magazine have resigned.
But the editor of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper,...
Quotes of the day:
“It is not possible to live without forgiveness, or at least you cannot live well, especially in the family. Every day we wrong each other. We must take account of these errors that we make due...
ASTON, Pa. – Sister Francesca Krolczyk, 91, who ministered for 10 years in the Diocese of Wilmington, died in Baltimore on March 24. She was a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 67 years.
In...
NEW YORK -- The hard-hitting, fact-based drama "Unplanned" (Pure Flix) dares its viewers to confront the reality of what happens when a baby is aborted.
That's an effective strategy on the part of co-writers and directors Chuck Konzelman and Cary...