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ADELAIDE, Australia -- Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest following his conviction for failing to inform police about child sexual abuse allegations. Magistrate Robert Stone announced the sentence in Newcastle Lower Court July...
MANCHESTER, England -- Members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission expressed excitement about a fresh approach to ecumenism outlined in a statement that has taken seven years to produce. Paula Gooder, a British theologian and an Anglican member of the...
WILMINGTON — The summer’s first heat wave had just invaded Wilmington, so it was not unusual to see a few dozen teenagers splashing in the water at Lane Swim Club in Brandywine Hundred. They were getting along like lifelong...
Christ Our King Church lives on in at least three Delaware beach parishes. Some furnishings from the church that closed in 2016 now grace churches at St. Ann in Bethany Beach, St. Jude in Lewes, and St. Edmond in Rehoboth...
LEWES – Joseph and his many-colored coat came to life for six young children at St. Jude Parish during the Little Disciples Summer Enrichment Program. By the end of the June 25-29 program, essentially a Vacation Bible School aimed at...
WILMINGTON — Terre Taylor, a longtime teacher and administrator at St. Mark’s High School, has been named the new principal of the upper school at St. Elizabeth School. Father Norman Carroll, the pastor, announced Taylor’s hire on July 2....
Bishop Malooly addressed about 80 golfers June 28 at Deerfield Golf Club in Newark as he kicked off the 11th annual Swing Fore Little Sisters. He was joined by Mother Margaret Regina of the Jeanne Jugan Residence and Michael Tobiason,...
Bryan Rogers had a first-ever experience at a Habitat for Humanity worksite in Ellendale on June 27. “This is my first time on a roof,” he said while laying a sheet of roofing and trimming it atop the shed...
We know instinctively from quite a young age how patriotism feels and why it matters, don't we? Patriotism combines affection for our homeland with a sense of belonging -- the sense that this is our rightful place. Patriotism deserves to...
Alex Gray has grown up with two strong connections in his life: being Catholic and being a Boy Scout. So when it came time for the Wilmington, Delaware, teen to pursue the Eagle Scout rank, it made sense for...