By Marge Fenelon, OSV News
Advent is the perfect time to make a retreat, and opportunities abound, whether it's overnight retreats, days of reflection, parish missions or evening events. Stepping away from the hustle and bustle is enticing, especially as...
Q: I'm a new mother in the middle of a messy divorce. I admit that I have never been a very good Catholic, but I still want my baby baptized in the hope that he will have a better...
WILMINGTON – Padua came out firing and never looked back in a 67-36 win over Appoquinimink in girls basketball on Dec. 5 on Broom Street. It was the Pandas' season debut, while Appo fell for the second time in...
Mount Aviat Academy students enjoyed a visit from St. Nicholas at the school's Santa Shop.
Elves may have also made the early December trip to the Childs, Md., elementary school since children found treats in their shoes.
Dec. 6 is the...
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...