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...
From the 1920s through the 1960s more than 300,000 African-Americans across the country chose to enter into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Their choices to become Catholic set them apart from most African-American Christians who were members of...
WASHINGTON -- Catholics are far from the only religion in the public-policy arena. One such Christian counterpart is the National Association of Evangelicals, which has published "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility" since...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The precipitous decline in the number of women in religious life and what it means to the church has people thinking about how to prepare for the future.
Their actions stem from data gathered by the...
PIKE CREEK — Archmere’s Andrew Rosenbaum converted a penalty kick in the 68th minute to lead the Auks to a 1-0 win over Conrad in Diamond State Athletic Conference boys soccer action Oct. 19 at Midway Softball Complex. The...