PARIS -- The monks of La Trappe Abbey in Normandy may leave their monastery in 2028, the abbey announced -- a move that could bring to an end 900 years of Cistercian monastic presence in Soligny-la-Trappe, formerly known as...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV has named Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, reassigning Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese...
Have you checked out a Fish Fry in the diocese yet? Don’t let Lent go by without supporting your local parish at these delicious gatherings. There are other things worth checking out in the next few weeks, too. Here’s...
Scripture readings for March 15, 2026, Fourth Sunday in Lent
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41
"Now you know the rest of the story."
For years, the broadcaster Paul Harvey signed off his...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced March 11 he has introduced legislation in the Senate that would ban mifepristone, a drug commonly, but not exclusively, used for first trimester abortion.
The Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, if enacted,...
Today's quote is attributed to St. Augustine, but may not be part of his actual writings. Regardless, the idea can serve as an inspiration to us: If we see things that we perceive as injustice, we need to act...
WILMINGTON — A pillar of the St. Elizabeth School community has stepped forward to assist the school with the largest unrestricted gift to the institution in more than 30 years.
The Benedictine Sisters, who founded the school in 1908...
On Thursday, March 19, local pro-life supporters will gather at a special 8 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter, 500 N. West Street in Wilmington, to celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph and offer prayers for life.
The...
DOVER — Approximately 500 eighth-graders from every corner of the Diocese of Wilmington gathered in Dover on March 10, and the main lesson from the retreat sprang from some uncooked spaghetti, a marshmallow and Scotch tape.
After Mass with Bishop...
Wyoming's governor enacted what he called a "well-intended" but ultimately "fragile" ban on abortions of unborn children with a detectable heartbeat.
The legislative liaison for the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming's only Roman Catholic diocese, expressed support for the new law...