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As summer approaches it is good to recall that the church dedicates the entire month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recognizing it as a mighty source of hope and immeasurable consolation. No matter how much we...
Q: Many Catholic schools in the archdiocese I am in are now adopting expectations to attend 75% of the year's Masses and holy days of obligation only at the school's parish to receive "active parishioner discounts" for school tuition,...
KRAKÓW, Poland -- Forty-five years ago, on June 2, St. John Paul II started his first papal pilgrimage to his native Poland, then shackled by a communist dictatorship. The visit had not only an enormous impact on the spiritual...
Archmere celebrated a state championship after the golf team rallied from five strokes down after the first day for a one-stroke victory over Tatnall on May 28-29 at Maple Dale Country Club in Dover. It is the first title for...
In what increasingly represents a pattern in the Northeast and Midwest, the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, on May 28 announced a restructuring plan designed to merge approximately 34% of its 160 parishes. Since April, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the...
PARIS -- The Catholic Church in France prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Normandy landings June 6, a date known as D-Day that marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany's occupation during...
VATICAN CITY -- U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly will leave his post in July, the embassy announced. The ambassador will step down from his role and return to his native Indiana on July 8, the U.S. Embassy...
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury agreeing unanimously that he falsified business records in paying hush money to an adult film...
The Ministry of Black Catholics for the Diocese of Wilmington will hold “Still We Rise,” a commemoration and celebration of Juneteenth, on June 19 at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth is...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum lost two leads during the DIAA baseball semifinal against top-seeded Sussex Central, but the No. 13 Sals tied the game in the seventh, then won it in the eighth on a sunny May 30 afternoon at...