At a time when the church faces great challenges, bishops of the U.S. turned to prayer and the Eucharist while spending a week together in reflection at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago.
Diocese of Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly said he...
BILOXI, Miss. -- Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi and the first black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. diocese, died Jan. 9.
Bishop Howze was 95.
"While we are saddened by...
WASHINGTON -- Nationwide efforts to confront human trafficking received a boost in the new year as President Donald Trump signed a bill reauthorizing federal expenditures for prevention and assistance programs across the federal government.
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention...
INDIANAPOLIS — Tears filled Missy Brassie’s eyes as she talked about the most emotional part of the five-day SEEK2019 conference involving more than 17,000 young adult Catholics from around the world.
It happened the evening of Jan. 5 in a...
DUBLIN — The primate of All-Ireland insisted that the country’s new abortion law that took effect Jan. 1 has “no moral force” and it “must be resisted” by Catholics.
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, who also is president...
VATICAN CITY — As it did prior to the Second World War, the rise of nationalism in the world poses a threat to peace and constructive dialogue among nations, Pope Francis told diplomats.
During his annual address to diplomats accredited...
WASHINGTON -- As U.S. bishops gathered in early January at a seminary in Illinois to pray and reflect about the American church's sex abuse crisis, reports trickled out about the possible fate of one their own being decided overseas.
The...
WILMINGTON – Archmere took three of the final four events, but that was not enough to overcome Padua's early triumphs and depth. The Pandas defeated the Auks, 97-66, in girls swimming on Jan. 7 at the Walnut Street YMCA.
Padua...
ASTON, Pa. — Sister Margaret Appell, who spent a short time in the Diocese of Wilmington, died Jan. 4 at Assisi House. She was 87 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Police are investigating vandalism at St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport where someone painted a swastika on the cathedral doors.
Police discovered the vandalism the morning of Jan. 4. No arrests had been reported in the vandalism as...