VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop who heads his church's eparchy in Melbourne, Australia.
The 21 cardinals-designate named by the pope Oct....
Each year, churches around the world commemorate World Mission Sunday to highlight, encourage and promote the Catholic Church's missions around the world.
The day, which was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1926, is observed on the penultimate Sunday of...
Sister Maria Dolores Mairlot, a native of Asturias, Spain, and a member of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, died Sept. 26. She was 91 and had been a member of her community since 1953.
Sister Maria was a talented musician...
Stephen White, executive director of the Catholic Project at Catholic University, will speak on “What the Republic Needs of Us: Catholic Citizenship in an Era of Dissolution” at the fall lecture of the St. Thomas More Society of the...
Fostering vocations is not the job of only the vocations office in the Diocese of Wilmington, or of the priests in the churches. It is something all Catholics should be doing, according to the diocese, and will learn more...
While the postseason picture is coming into focus, there are still a few weeks of regular-season action left that include lots of great matchups.
This week, the boys' soccer schedule includes Salesianum's return to in-state competition, and they will battle...
WILMINGTON – After six straight matches on the road, the Ursuline volleyball team returned to its temporary home at Salesianum School on Oct. 12. The Raiders liked the home cooking, earning a 3-0 sweep over Cape Henlopen. Set scores...
WILMINGTON – Neither St. Elizabeth nor Wilmington Charter could get much going offensively in their Class 1A football game on Oct. 12, but the Force's stiff defense led to the only scores in the game in a 14-0 victory...
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a human rights activist and mother of 11, died Oct. 10, her family said. She was 96.
Kennedy had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke on Oct. 3, her...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 9 considered a bipartisan appeal to reverse the death penalty conviction of Richard Glossip, a case in which Oklahoma's Republican attorney general and Republican lawmakers have also intervened on his behalf.
The Supreme...