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TOPEKA, Kan. -- In separate rulings, the Kansas Supreme Court July 5 overturned a ban on a second-trimester surgical abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, or D&E, and struck down a series of abortion clinic regulations long opposed...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has made public its 1974 decision denying the authenticity of Marian apparitions alleged to have occurred in Amsterdam between 1945 and 1959. A statement released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith July...
Sunday Scripture Readings for July 14, 2024, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Am 7:12-15  Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14  Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10  Mk 6:7-13 Jesus demands 'radical poverty' to ensure our focus on the mission In the second book of his Dialogues,...
July may be a slow time of year at home as many people go on vacation, but there are still things to do in and around the Diocese of Wilmington. • Of course, if you’re vacationing in one of the...
By Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe The most chilling detail in “Better Off Dead?” a new BBC documentary by the English actress and comedian Liz Carr, is an automated telephone message. Carr, who has been disabled since childhood and uses a wheelchair, made...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a strong condemnation after the Israeli military targeted a Catholic school in Gaza that killed four people, including a senior Hamas official. In a statement published July 7, the...
HOUSTON -- Catholic aid organizations in the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese confirmed they cannot get to work just yet because of the power outage that left about 2.5 million people in the dark following Hurricane Beryl's landfall July 8 that cut...
WASHINGTON -- Members of the Republican National Committee have approved changes to platform on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump, the party's presumptive presidential nominee, over the objections of pro-life activists who previously asked delegates not...
“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: Maegan Cobb Hometown: New Castle Parish: Holy...
A group of 49 teens and adults from Holy Cross Parish in Dover and St. Francis de Sales Parish in Salisbury, Md., attended Catholic Heart Work Camp in Knoxville, Tenn. the last week in June. They worked at resident homes...