“One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish or school communities.
NAME: Fritzie Korthas
Parish: St. Patrick
Hometown: Wilmington
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The end of the Easter break marks an acceleration for the high school sports schedule. A few teams were busy last week, but most took some time for rest.
That is good news for high school sports fans. There are...
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House April 13 that he will not apologize to Pope Leo XIV after the president lashed out at the pontiff on social media and in verbal remarks the previous...
WILMINGTON — Nativity Preparatory School, the tuition-free all-boys middle school in Wilmington, has received a $1 million donation, the largest cash gift in the school’s history. Paul and Linda McConnell have made the commitment to support the school’s endowment...
Iraqi Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, who until now led the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Australia and New Zealand, was elected patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, succeeding Cardinal Louis Sako.
Archbishop Nona was elected April 12...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Leo XIV shared some of his favorite spiritual reading recommendations on the papal flight to Algeria, pointing to a particular letter by St. Augustine that he said provides wonderful tips for how to...
WASHINGTON -- Decrying the U.S. conflict with Iran as "an immoral war," Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy during a vigil Mass for peace at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle April 11 urged people to pray for peace...
PHILADELPHIA -- An acclaimed female iconographer -- whose work adorns more than 80 churches in the U.S., including a national shrine -- is being remembered for her lifelong mission to bring others to the Lord through sacred art.
Christine Dochwat...
MINNEAPOLIS -- What's more Minnesotan than having your likeness sculpted in butter?
Since 2020, Gerry Kulzer has created the butter sculptures of the Minnesota State Fair dairy princesses that Minnesotans are so familiar with. Hundreds of people line up to...
ALGIERS -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on the morning of April 13, becoming the first pope to make an apostolic journey to the North Africa nation, the first stop of the pope’s 11-day, four-country tour of Africa.
Speaking...