SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) -- The playground at the Salesian-run school is filled with children in brightly colored swimsuits, laughing and screaming as young Catholic volunteers spray them with water in the 100-degree summer sunshine.
The children range in age from...
BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down a Baltimore ordinance that would have forced pro-life pregnancy centers in the city to post signs stating they do not provide or refer for abortions or...
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- Because everyone has a right to life, liberty and personal security, nations must find nonviolent solutions to conflict and difficulties, Pope Francis said.
A culture of peace "calls for unremitting efforts in favor of disarmament...
“Your Struggle Is Mine,” an ecumenical service of prayer for Christian Unity and Justice in Society, will take place Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 2800 Duncan Road, Wilmington.
Members of the Churches of Western...
Dialog reporter
A few games were played last week coming out of the Christmas break, but the winter weather forced the postponement of several contests involving Catholic schools. The various teams are hoping for better treatment by Mother Nature this...
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WILMINGTON - The 10th-ranked St Elizabeth Vikings shot 25 of 29 from the foul line to pull off the huge road win against No. 8 Salesianum, 59-51, on Jan. 6. It was a cold night, but the Vikings'...
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CLAYMONT - Junior Emma McCann heated up in the second half to pace Archmere past Mount Pleasant in a Jan. 6 girls nonconference basketball matinee. The third quarter was key as the Auks posted a 38-24 win over...
WASHINGTON -- In a strongly worded message prior to National Migration Week Jan.7-13, the president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas expressed solidarity with migrants and called on others to stop "blaming migrants and fanning anti-immigrant sentiment...
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency is revising its policies to no longer exclude houses of worship from applying for federal aid to recover from damages caused by natural disasters.
The policy change was outlined in the agency's revised...
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON -- After new Federal Communications Committee chair Ajit Pai announced his intentions in April to redo federal policy on net neutrality, the Dec. 14 vote to rewrite the rules should have seemed anticlimactic.
That was far from...