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VATICAN CITY -- Jesus considers all the baptized to be his friends and will always try to restore them to life and health as he did with his friend Lazarus in the Gospel, Pope Francis wrote. "Jesus is not afraid...
MADRID -- The archbishop of Madrid received unusual guests June 2 as Europe's best soccer team, Real Madrid, came to the Spanish capital's St. Mary the Royal of the Almudena Cathedral to offer its championship trophy to Mary. The players...
Parishioners at Church of the Holy Child in Wilmington enjoyed an added blessing at the 4 p.m. Mass June 1 as one of their own celebrated Mass during his first return trip home since being ordained a priest in...
ROME -- Seven months before the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, a Vatican official opened the doors to the official Jubilee 2025 pilgrim's shop just a few feet from the official pilgrimage route. Archbishop Rino Fisichella,...
This June will mark 202 years since Bishop John England started the United States Catholic Miscellany in 1822. Lies were being spread about the Faith, and Catholic immigrants were finding themselves the subject of Nativist attacks. Bishop England will...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum motored through the lacrosse regular season ranked in or near the top 25 nationally, but that did not guarantee the Sals a fourth straight state championship. The No. 1 seed had to dispatch perennial foe Cape...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum scored five runs in the top of the fifth, and sophomore C.J. Moxley threw 2.1 shut-down innings in relief as the Sals’ Cinderella run through the DIAA baseball tournament culminated with a 7-3 win over Caesar...
Every sincere Catholic hopes for a revival of the faith -- even if we don't all agree about what that should look like. But now that the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage has begun, and the National Eucharistic Congress being held...
As summer approaches it is good to recall that the church dedicates the entire month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recognizing it as a mighty source of hope and immeasurable consolation. No matter how much we...
Q: Many Catholic schools in the archdiocese I am in are now adopting expectations to attend 75% of the year's Masses and holy days of obligation only at the school's parish to receive "active parishioner discounts" for school tuition,...