CAMDEN, N.J. — In recent months, violinist Alana Youssefian has performed at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Yale University and venues in Texas, California, Washington and Canada.
But she’s coming home to New Jersey — her...
MANCHESTER, England — Britain is in an “amazing political mess” over Brexit, an English bishop said.
Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth voiced his opinion on Twitter Jan. 16, a day after the House of Commons overwhelmingly rejected the withdrawal agreement...
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle C
1) Is 62:1-5
Psalm 96:1-3, 7-10
2) 1 Cor 12:4-11
Gospel: Jn 2:1-11
Here
John begins his Gospel before time began: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (Jn...
ASTON, Pa. – Sister Kathleen Cronin, a Wilmington native who was a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 68 years, died Jan. 15 in Assisi House. She was 90.
Sister Kathleen Cronin, formerly Sister St....
WASHINGTON — Abortion not only goes against the dignity of every living being and is rooted in violence and misogynistic notions of male superiority, but political solutions, in the current divided climate, can be troublesome as well.
Those were among...
WILMINGTON – Howard trailed Ursuline early in the teams' nonconference girls basketball game on Jan. 16, but the Lady Wildcats parlayed a strong first-half finish into a dominating third quarter on the way to a 40-32 win.
A mid-range jumper...
WILMINGTON — Cindy Mann, a longtime educator and administrator in the Diocese of Wilmington, announced her retirement as principal at Padua Academy on Jan. 16. This is Mann’s 10th year at Padua. She will step down at the end...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War.
The pope formally recognized a miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed...
WASHINGTON — When it comes to speaking her mind, Abby Johnson never holds back. Affable in a way usually described as down-home, as the mother of seven children, she finds that a certain bluntness suits her best.
It’s the only...
SAO PAULO — Church representatives working with immigrants and refugees criticized Brazil’s planned withdrawal from a global agreement to safeguard migrant people.
The Brazilian bishops’ conference and a priest who directs a migrant studies center that assists migrants said the...