ASTON, Pa. — Sister Elaine Spangler, a longtime healthcare professional in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who spent a few years in the Diocese of Wilmington, died Nov. 30 in Assisi House. She was 90 and had been a professed...
By Father Michael Ackerman, OSV News
(OSV News) -- Socrates, in Plato's Apology, famously stated that "the unexamined life is not worth living." This axiom is certainly applicable to the spiritual life, and it is very relevant to one of...
By Jeannette de Beauvoir, OSV News
Once upon a time, fasting was an expectation.
Prayer, almsgiving (charity) and fasting were seen by the early church as naturally supporting and completing each other. They've been called, in fact, the three pillars of...
Q: I have a question about the vocation of marriage. I'm very moved by the examples of widowed family and friends who continue to be very devoted to their deceased spouse, praying for them daily and visiting their graves...
DOVER — Middletown overcame an 18-point halftime deficit, holding Salesianum scoreless in the second half before scoring in overtime to stun the Sals, 30-27, for the DIAA Class 3A football championship Nov. 29 at Alumni Stadium at Delaware State...
ELKTON, Md. — You only turn 175 once, and the folks at Immaculate Conception Parish in Elkton, Md., are celebrating in style.
On Dec. 7, Bishop Koenig will preside at Mass, a dinner will be held afterward, and parishioners past...
Beginning March 27, the fifth season of the hit series "The Chosen," which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theaters in the weeks leading up to Easter, which is April 20. The latest...
Scripture readings for Dec. 1, 2024, First Sunday in Advent
Jer 33:14-16 Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 1 Thes 3:12—4:2 Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
Aside from being one of the fathers of monasticism, St. Benedict is also one of the more profound...
Ursuline Academy got the ball rolling for the 2024-25 high school musical season with its production of “Beehive” the ’60s musical at the school in Wilmington Nov. 22-24.
“Beehive” celebrates the powerful female voices of the 1960s with timeless hit...
VATICAN CITY -- After meeting Pope Francis and top Vatican officials, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken praised the pope's commitment to upholding the dignity of LGBTQ people.
The outgoing secretary of state met the pope privately early Nov....