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HOCKESSIN — Salesianum put together a solid offensive effort and got excellent defense and pitching in a 7-2 win over Sanford in the quarterfinals of the DIAA state baseball tournament on May 28 in Hockessin. The Sals will play...
JERUSALEM -- As tensions and the number of victims mount in southern Gaza Strip, Catholic Relief Services said it has not been able to get humanitarian aid through to the southern Gaza Strip since May 6 and it no...
VATICAN CITY -- Always pray, and pray especially for an end to all wars, Pope Francis told children during Mass concluding the first World Children's Day. "We are here to pray, to pray together and to pray to God," the...
Delaware State Police have arrested a 43-year-old Wilmington man for multiple burglaries that took place over the past several months at locations on Philadelphia Pike in Wilmington, including at St. Helena’s Parish. Alexis Martinez, 43, was arrested May 26 after...
A Florida priest has admitted to biting a woman who attempted to receive holy Communion in what he -- and eyewitnesses -- said was an aggressive, desecrating manner. Father Fidel Rodriguez, the 66-year-old parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish...
A group of Ukrainian youth have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, asking Mary to bring peace as Russia doubles down on its 11-year war in Ukraine and brutally targets civilians. "This was a drop of water in the desert," said...
VATICAN CITY -- Six days after Pope Francis had a closed-door meeting with members of the Italian bishops' conference, a notorious Italian gossip website reported that the pope used a derogatory slang term in Italian to describe some seminaries...
VATICAN CITY -- Entrusting to God's mercy all of their comrades-in-arms who have died serving their countries and defending peace, Pope Francis urged Catholic members of the military to let their faith inform their service. "The world needs you, especially...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Saint Mark’s got a stellar pitching performance from Devon Walsh and Ian Keane and moved to the DIAA baseball quarterfinals with a 6-1 win at Concord on May 25. The Spartans will meet the top seed,...
MILLTOWN — Cape Henlopen’s bats were as hot as the midday sun as the Vikings moved on in the DIAA softball state tournament with a 14-4 quarterfinal-round win at Saint Mark’s on May 25. The Vikings, seeded sixth, had 16...