“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 communities.
NAME: Marty Malarkey
HOMETOWN: Bethany Beach
PARISH: St. Ann, Bethany...
WASHINGTON -- Sheila and David Porter left their home in Newport News, Va., at 5 a.m. to celebrate the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington June 24.
Together, the couple attended...
VATICAN CITY -- As has been his practice since becoming pope in 2013, Pope Francis will take most of the month of July off as a sort of "staycation."
"From July 1 and until the end of the month, as...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, 65, has resigned from pastoral governance of the diocese. Pope Francis accepted the resignation June 27 and also appointed Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, as apostolic administrator of...
By Delaware Catholic Advocacy Network
ACTION ALERT! HB 140, the bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, could come before the Delaware House this week! This is the last week of session for this year and we need your help!
Our opposition is...
WASHINGTON -- In a statement to mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, President Joe Biden said June 24 that his administration "will continue to protect access to reproductive health care and call on Congress to...
The following priests in the Diocese of Wilmington are celebrating ordination milestones this year. Bishop Koenig marked the occasion in a Mass celebrated June 22 at the Cathedral of St. Peter.
60 years
Father William Hazzard graduated from St. Mary’s Seminary...
VATICAN CITY -- Forty years since the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl who mysteriously vanished at the age of 15, Pope Francis publicly expressed his closeness to her family.
"In these days, the 40th anniversary of the disappearance...
VATICAN CITY -- The mostly "silent and hidden" work of the Servants of the Paraclete, a religious order that ministers to priests and religious banned from ministry because of abuse allegations or who are experiencing other difficulties, must focus...
Q: I read that Father Marko Rupnik was expelled from the Jesuit order but remains a priest. How does that work? (Flushing, New York)
A: First for some background, priesthood and religious life are actually two distinct vocations, even if...