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Soccer pitches around Delaware and on Maryland's Eastern Shore have been hosting high school practices and scrimmages for a few weeks now, but the games count for real beginning Sept. 4 when Ss. Peter and Paul hosts Mount Carmel. Salesianum...
“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: Marina Chiafullo School: University of Delaware Parish:...
As family, friends, teammates, coaches, media, acquaintances and even strangers struggled mightily to make sense of the devastating tragedy Aug. 29 that took the lives of National Hockey League star Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother, Matthew, 29, no...
ROME -- Traveling on an ITA Airways plane, Pope Francis set off on the longest foreign trip of his papacy. The plane carrying the pope, top Vatican officials and about 75 journalists took off from Rome's Fiumicino airport Sept. 2...
ARLINGTON, Texas -- On a balmy day in Arlington, Carol Stilley walked through a garden created by members of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish. Bees traveled from flower to flower as stems stretched their leaves up to catch the morning...
Q: My brother says that since there are fewer confession times these days, priests should give a general absolution following the "Confiteor" at Mass and encourage those in serious sin to follow up with a regular confession. His argument...
WILMINGTON — The difference was night and day for Salesianum. After having their season-opening football game against Episcopal Academy (Pa.) on the evening of Aug. 29 interrupted at halftime by thunderstorms, the Sals and Churchmen returned to Abessinio Stadium at...
VATICAN CITY-- As immigration becomes an increasingly hot-button political issue in the United States and Europe, Pope Francis again underscored the moral weight of how migrants are treated, hammering home a message of acceptance that has been a pillar...
JERUSALEM -- The Holy Land's sacred sites overflow with tourists in normal times, but with war in Gaza, most airlines have canceled flights to the region. The streets of the Old City of Jerusalem are deserted with merchant's stalls...
The tragic collision that killed professional hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, on Aug. 29 in Salem County, N.J., is sending shockwaves not only through the sports world, but also the Catholic community in southern New Jersey. Johnny,...