VATICAN CITY — The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank, seeks to follow Catholic ethical practices in investments, according to its latest annual report.
According to the 128-page report published May 22, the institute’s...
WILMINGTON — Sister Joanne Desmond, a Wilmington native who spent 74 years with the Ursuline Sisters, died May 19 in Wilmington. She was 93.
The youngest of four daughters of Irish immigrants, Sister Joanne graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1943 and...
VATICAN CITY -- An abuse survivor, who had been disparaged for being a homosexual, said that Pope Francis told him that God made him that way and loved him for who he was.
Juan Carlos Cruz -- one of the...
WASHINGTON -- The Catholic Church doesn't often add new celebrations to its pretty full liturgical calendar, but this year's new feast day, Mary, Mother of the Church on May 21, has Catholics gearing up to mark the day or...
PIKE CREEK - Third-seeded Delaware Military Academy scored four runs in the first inning and held on to beat No. 14 Padua, 4-1, in the opening round of the DiAA softball state tournament on May 21 at the Midway Softball...
WILMINGTON – St. Mark's jumped out early on Newark Charter in their delayed first-round girls lacrosse state tournament game, and the Spartans defeated the Patriots, 20-9, going away on May 21. The Spartans remained unbeaten at 16-0 and will...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here are brief biographical notes about each of the 14 churchmen who will become cardinals June 29. Their names are listed in the order Pope Francis announced them May 20:
-- Iraqi Cardinal-designate Louis Raphael I...
Pentecost, Greek for "50th day," was originally a Jewish term referring to the 50th day after Passover. For the first Christians, it was the 49th day after Easter, and, counting Easter, a period of 50 days. The apostle Paul...
Jesus assured his disciples he would not leave them as orphans; he promised the Father would send another Advocate to be with them always (Jn 14:16-18). That promise was kept on the day of Pentecost, considered the birthday of...
"The sound of the word 'heartless'" is nothing less than "horrible," in Benedictine Father Benoit Standaert's view.
There is a striking difference between living "with or without heart." It "is as great as the difference between heaven and hell, life...