It's a familiar question: What should we tell children when a pet dies and they ask whether animals have souls and go to heaven?
The answer to the first question -- do animals have souls? -- depends, of course, on...
By Cecilia Cicone, OSV News
The first time I was in an in-patient locked psychiatric unit, I was overwhelmed by the amount of suffering I saw in the people there.
While conversations about mental health are fairly common, the experience and...
CLAYMONT – Archmere trailed undefeated Lake Forest by just a point in the middle of the third quarter, but the Spartans' big-play capabilities paid dividends as they pulled away for a 35-13 Class 2A football victory on Sept. 27...
CLAYMONT – Saint Mark's opened up a close game with three second-half goals in a 4-0 shutout of Archmere in boys soccer on Sept. 26 on the turf in Claymont. MORE HERE
The Spartans put the pressure on the Auks...
By Father James Lentini
Pastor, Immaculate Conception parish, Marydel, Md.,
Church of the Holy Cross, Dover
Recently, I was compiling some information about various parishes. In my notes, I cited Holy Cross as being the oldest parish in Delaware “south of the...
DUBLIN -- The first research study into the sexual abuse of women religious in German-speaking countries has shown a common pattern of spiritual abuse with global cases and highlighted that the majority of abuse is perpetrated by men, although...
VATICAN CITY -- To call itself "Catholic," a magazine must try to look at the world the way Christ does and give witness to his saving love and power, Pope Leo XIV said.
The pope met the writers and staff...
VATICAN CITY -- Loving someone who is sick requires "concrete gestures of closeness," just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, said a Vatican office.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral...
VATICAN CITY -- In the first major appointment of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV chose an Italian expert in canon law to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin...
St. Elizabeth High School graduate Adrienne Tolvaisa took over as interim principal at St. Elizabeth School effective Sept. 22, parish pastor Father Roger DiBuo announced.
She replaces Shelley Luckett. Tolvaisa will be assisted by Stacey Reyburn, admissions director, who will...