Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Nigeria's Plateau state declared a week of mourning Jan. 1-8 to honor the deaths of at least 200 Christians killed over Christmas by Fulani Muslim herders, targeting Christians in the country. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah...
LVIV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which represents the various Christian, Jewish and Muslim bodies of Ukraine, called the world to recognize Russia as a terrorist state and provide Ukraine with the means necessary...
Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton, 68, suffered a heart attack Jan. 4 while in Rome and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5...
WILMINGTON — Archmere earned a split with Tower Hill when the teams met in the pool on Jan. 4 at the Walnut Street YMCA in Wilmington. The Auks took the boys’ match, but the Hillers’ girls got a measure...
Q: What is the church currently teaching about the Real Presence in other denominations? I thought that at one time we recognized both the Lutherans and the Anglicans as having the Real Presence. Does that still hold true? Others?
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As we flip the calendar to 2024, I must admit the thought of the coming 12 months fill me with a certain amount of dread. Entering into another election year, with all of the related political drama, can feel...
You have no idea how many of my columns have begun as a germ of a thought -- usually an annoyed question -- scribbled on a scrap of paper. This one reflects my late, rather curmudgeonly, “wish list” of...
When I began writing this monthly column in January 2023, I named it “Redeeming the Time.” I use the space to revisit some past literary, theological, philosophical, or historical text, or a milestone anniversary of some notable event or...
CLAYMONT — After a slow start to the new year, Archmere and Newark Charter quickened up the pace — and the scoring — in the second half. The Auks controlled the fourth quarter after a back-and-forth third to defeat...
Msgr. Daniel Joseph McGlynn, 84, passed away on the evening of Jan. 1. He was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 7, 1939, a son of the late John and Alice (McKendry) McGlynn.
He received his early education at the Ascension...