VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of Washington.
The Vatican announced the decision Feb. 16, saying he was found guilty of "solicitation in the...
In the midst of the current crisis in our church -- with a once-admired cardinal accused of heinous acts, bishops widely judged incapable of policing themselves, investigators poring through church archives and ordinary Catholics in fits of anger and...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – Continuing a late-season playoff push, Padua's basketball team picked up a big win the afternoon of Feb. 15 at Concord. The Pandas took a large lead early on and never looked back in a 57-15 win...
WILMINGTON – St. Elizabeth's girls basketball team entered its game Feb. 15 at Conrad with a 12-game winning streak. Many of those had come against the toughest competition Delaware has to offer. But Conrad, the state's top-ranked team, came...
“We have seen the face of Christ in everyone we meet,” said Carolina Perez, a pilgrim from Chicago who has Mexican roots. “I can really see the universal church.”
Perez was among thousands of pilgrims at World Youth Day 2019...
WASHINGTON — Catholic bishops near the U.S.-Mexico border, joined by other U.S. prelates, voiced opposition just after President Donald Trump's Feb. 15 declaration of a national emergency so he can order construction of a barrier along parts of the...
Rev. Steven B. Giuliano is appointed temporary administrator of St. Christopher Parish, Chester, Md., effective March 1.
Deacon Francis Weber Jr. is appointed to diaconal ministry at St. Polycarp Parish, Smyrna, effective immediately.
Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly
Bishop of Wilmington
VATICAN CITY — Italian Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 74, a Vatican diplomat who once served in Canada, Chile and western Africa, is under investigation by police in Paris for allegedly sexually assaulting a city official.
The Vatican learned from news reports...
WASHINGTON -- A group of city commissioners in the border city of McAllen, Texas, voted in mid-February to remove from a building a popular Catholic-administered center run by Sister Norma Pimentel, who has been praised by Pope Francis for...
VATICAN CITY — The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, told Pope Francis that a “human voice” was needed to speak up in the world of technology today.
“A human voice like that of the church” with its values and authority,...