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GREENVILLE – Cape Henlopen used a combination of strong defense and a distinct height advantage to take a commanding lead over Saint Mark's on the way to a 62-32 win in girls basketball on Dec. 5 at A.I. duPont...
VATICAN CITY -- Charity involves more than offering material aid to those in need; it also calls for a commitment to fostering societal change, Pope Francis said. Those dedicated to charity must embrace "the challenge of being a motor of...
An uneasy calm hangs over Aleppo, Christian leaders report, following the recent lightning takeover of Syria's second-largest city by Islamist rebels driving out forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Concerns also mount over government airstrikes. "A relatively calm day compared...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 4 in a case concerning a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender. It's the high...
MILLTOWN — Saint Mark’s advisory board members Andrew Bianchino and Kara Swasety each have received professional accolades recently. Bianchino, a 1983 Saint Mark’s graduate and current chair of the advisory board, is a senior vice president at WSFS Bank. He...
DOVER — On a previous visit to Holy Cross School in Dover, Tom Fertal shared with the eighth-graders the names of some famous trailblazers. Fertal stood before that same group of students on Dec. 4 as one of them...
With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales announce that Father John J. (Jack) Kelly, OSFS, passed away at the age of 80 on Tuesday, Dec, 3, 2024. Jack was a professed...
With D. J. Caruso's new film "Mary" streaming on Netflix ahead of Christmas, two Marian scholars shared with OSV News some of the overall challenges of bringing the Mother of God to the screen. "Filmmakers face many difficulties in portraying...
VATICAN CITY -- Prayer has the power to transform today's Catholics into modern-day apostles who can respond to what the world truly needs, said the new acting international director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. "Prayer is not just reciting...
WILMINGTON — Ursuline scored 10 straight points in the latter part of the second quarter to pull away from St. Elizabeth on the way to a 49-34 win Dec. 4 at the St. E Center. The season opener for...