“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: Katelyn Homa
Parish: Holy Family...
EASTON – It’s been half a century since Mother Seton was declared a saint Sept. 14, 1975, but the woman whose miraculous healing helped lead to the first U.S.-born saint’s canonization doesn’t dwell on the miracle that saved her...
PARIS -- For the first time since its reopening in December 2024, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris marked the feast of the Assumption with a solemn outdoor procession.
On Aug. 15, as many as 3,400 faithful filled the streets of...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy.
On his last full day in Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 19,...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Leo XIV has named Father Ralph O'Donnell as the new bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, four months after then-Bishop W. Shawn McKnight was named archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas.
The appointment was announced by the Vatican on...
The Uruguay bishops' conference expressed sadness after the country's lower house of Congress approved a bill decriminalizing euthanasia.
"We reiterate our support for palliative care that cares for and accompanies the patient with dignity," the bishops said in an Aug....
WILMINGTON — It’s been a whirlwind past 12 months for Shelly Luckett, but she’s excited about where that journey has led.
Luckett came to St. Elizabeth School last August as the advancement director, but she pivoted to finance in December...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — The younger students at Saint Edmond’s Academy in north Wilmington will recognize their classrooms when they return Sept. 2, albeit with significant changes.
The lower form — the school’s term for groupings of grades — has been...
Longtime Catholic publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc. (OSV), the parent company of OSV News, has announced it will sunset almost all of its periodical operations by December.
OSV News, launched in 2023 as the successor of Catholic News Service's U.S.-based...
ROME -- Spending the day with the poor, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Catholics would make sure their parishes are welcoming of all people and would be "on fire" with God's love.
"We are the church of the Lord, a...