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PHILADELPHIA – Annie Penrod of Archmere Academy went three-for-three and scored two runs to lead Delaware North to a 3-2 win over Delaware County West in the Carpenter Cup Softball tournament on June 26 at FDR Park in south...
—The website of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington – www.cdow.org – has undergone a makeover. The site, which has been the Internet home for Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore Catholics since 2000, now has a new look and visitor-friendly...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law that placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violated the First Amendment. In its decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v....
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appointed Bishop Nunzio Galantino, 69, as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, which handles the Vatican's investment portfolio and real estate holdings and serves as the Vatican employment office...
WASHINGTON -- In a 5-4 decision June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban on people entering the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, saying the president's action was within his power. The court's much anticipated decision...
VATICAN CITY -- Behind the indifference toward human life lies a contagious illness that blinds people to the lives, challenges and struggles of others, Pope Francis said. Like the mythical figure Narcissus, people risk becoming infected by a "contagious spiritual...
WASHINGTON -- Maybe it was the request by the Pentagon for 20,000 mattresses as military bases become, at least partly, shelters for detained border crossers. Maybe it was the federal government report that 2,342 children had been separated from 2,206...
WASHINGTON -- Daniela, 25, is a talented Mexican immigrant who attends a private university on a full scholarship. She is one of the many "Dreamers," or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, who are part of the mosaic of faces...
LEXINGTON, Miss. -- Rodney Earl Sanders pleaded guilty June 21 to murdering two religious sisters in their Mississippi home in 2016. What he got in return was mercy, forgiveness and a call to redemption. Holmes County Circuit Judge Jannie Lewis sentenced...
By Tony Magliano Challenging world oil executives to recognize the urgent environmental need to quickly transition from fossil fuel extraction and burning, to clean energy production, Pope Francis called them to take to heart that “Civilization requires energy, but energy...