CLAYMONT — The Archmere baseball team scored a run in each of the first four innings, and the Auks received an outstanding pitching performance from Kevin Fox in a 4-0 win over St. Elizabeth on May 10. It was...
Pope Leo XIV thanked the people of Spain's Canary Islands after passengers exposed to hantavirus aboard a cruise ship were allowed to disembark on the island of Tenerife.
"I would like to thank the people of the Canary Islands who,...
“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 or school communities.
NAME: Nate Peregoy
Parish: Sacred Heart Parish
Hometown:...
An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon, while another soldier who photographed the act received a 14-day...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on May 12 reiterated its recommendation that President Donald Trump "swiftly" make a nomination to fill a key ambassador position to promote and protect religious freedom abroad.
Vicky Hartzler, chair of...
A recent child abuse scandal that led to the closure of an Islamic boarding school and the arrest of its head cleric is a wake-up call for Christians to tighten monitoring and introduce reforms in their schools, Church leaders...
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said May 11 he plans to discuss the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai during his upcoming visit to China; however, he suggested the prominent Catholic and pro-democracy campaigner "caused a lot of bedlam."
Lai, Hong Kong’s...
ROME -- When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica one year ago May 8, he carried with him a piece of paper on which he had carefully written the first words he would utter...
AMMAN, Jordan -- Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover that a call with Lebanon's papal nuncio included another special guest on the online visit,...
Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, who retired in 2018 as head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston amid multiple allegations of grave sexual and financial misconduct, died May 7 at age 82.
"As it is the tradition in our Church to pray...