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Beginning Oct. 27, parishioners will be digging into the efforts of many people who have attempted to capture the essence of the Diocese of Wilmington in the year of its 150th anniversary. It's The Dialog special sesquicentennial edition and it...
GREENVILLE – St. Thomas More's field hockey team made its third and final trip to New Castle County on Oct. 24, and second in three days. While the first two resulted in victories, the Ravens were on the short...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has removed Bishop Martin D. Holley of Memphis, Tennessee, from the pastoral governance of the diocese and has named as apostolic administrator Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky. Bishop Holley, a former auxiliary bishop of...
SEATTLE — The Catholic bishops of Washington state endorsed a ballot initiative that would boost gun safety measures and restrict the purchase and ownership of firearms. The support came in an Oct. 18 statement in which the bishops said they...
The Diocese of Wilmington, a suffragan see in the Province of Baltimore, was established March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX. It comprised all of the State of Delaware, and the nine Maryland and two Virginia counties east of...
VATICAN CITY — With the launch of a new book, Pope Francis is calling for a new alliance — between young and old — to change the world. In an effort to counteract today’s “culture of waste” that too easily...
MONTREAL — In a statement issued a few minutes after the broadcast of a story from Radio-Canada investigating sexual abuse allegedly committed by 10 Oblate missionaries in First Nation communities, the Quebec Assembly of Catholic Bishops told of their...
For the boys' teams, the soccer season moves toward its conclusion with postseason berths and seeding still to be determined. In football, every game is important for all four Catholic schools, which have designs on tournament play. Soccer Tuesday St. Mark's (6-6-1)...
The girls have reached the final week of the regular season in volleyball, while field hockey is close behind. Before the state tournament fields are set, there are several enticing matchups in both sports. Field hockey Tuesday Padua (9-0) at St. Georges...
There is an enduring myth that African-American Catholics were largely absent from the freedom struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, which resulted in the legal demise of Jim Crow segregation. Some have even pointed to a 1961 observation that...