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WILMINGTON – A 16-point run that began with the final basket of the first quarter propelled St. Elizabeth into a lead it would never relinquish in a 51-28 win over Ursuline on March 1 in a second-round DIAA girls...
A group of people who completed their sesquicentennial "passports" are among those invited to Mass as the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington concludes its year-long 150th anniversary celebration at St. Elizabeth Church, 809 S. Broom Street in Wilmington, on March...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Perch — it's a mainstay of the Friday night fish fry in northeast Wisconsin, especially during Lent. But who knew that the perch also could provide a leg up to people striving to work their way...
WILMINGTON – The First State Force Band visited St. Elizabeth School on Feb. 22 for a Friday morning of high-energy music with a positive message. The band, which includes members of various law-enforcement agencies from around the state, has...
VATICAN CITY — Just a few days after the Vatican summit on child protection and clerical sexual abuse, the bishops' conference and major religious superiors of Switzerland adopted new guidelines, which include mandatory reporting of all allegations to the...
VATICAN CITY — As robotics play an increasingly greater role in today's world, their technological capabilities must not outpace ethical concerns, said a number of speakers at the Pontifical Academy for Life's workshop on "Robo-ethics: Humans, Machines and Health." The...
HAMPTON, Va. — "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Those words from Chapter 4 of St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians are words by which Melanie Paul lives. Deaf since she was 12, Paul has had a...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives Feb. 27 passed the Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act, an omnibus bill that bans abortion when the heartbeat of an unborn child can be detected, which could be as...
One of my brothers observed recently about our dear mother, lying in the hospital: "There's no meat on her bones, and no bones under her skin." Osteoporosis, multiple fractures and 95 years of life truly lived are revealing her...
When I was in college there was a group of students who didn't always practice their faith, but when Ash Wednesday rolled around all decided to band together in giving up a few particular sins common among college students. At...