As I stood at the bars of the chilling confines of St. Maximilian Kolbe‘s cell within the walls of Auschwitz, I couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by an inexplicable mix of emotions. The gravity of the place and the...
By Kenneth Craycraft
"Night" by Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang Publishing
120 pages, $6.50
In the early spring of 1945, as the end of World War II in Europe was approaching, 16-year-old Elie Wiesel was forced to march from the Auschwitz concentration camp,...
Father Brian Capuano has worn many hats during his tenure as a priest: pastor, mentor, director of worship and vicar for vocations, just to name a few.
An unlikely hat for a priest to don is that of brewmaster, but...
By Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board
“A podcast? What is it?” said the pope as he smiled at the microphone emblazoned with the Vatican Media logo. Once the concept of a podcast was explained, the Holy Father readily agreed to...
The leadership of Jesus House Society and Family Promise of Northern New Castle County have reached an agreement for Family Promise to purchase the Jesus House property on Milltown Road in Wilmington, according to a news release from Jesus...
Sunday scripture readings for Aug. 13, 2023, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33
Faith in Jesus is the antidote to the fears that can disturb us
Utter disbelief was the...
EASTON, Md. -- Scott Wilson says he wants to be the first face kids see when they arrive in the morning at Saints Peter & Paul High School and the last when they make their way off the practice...
By Kimberley Heatherington
The recently released cinema biopic "Oppenheimer" dramatizes the progressive development, assembly, testing and detonation of the world's first atomic bomb which then led to the dropping of two such bombs over Japan in the twilight days of...
Ohio voters Aug. 8 rejected a measure that proposed raising the threshold to make changes to the state’s constitution, according to projections by The Associated Press and the elections reporting firm Decision Desk HQ.
If passed, the measure known as...
WILMINGTON — Bethann Higley, who teaches business and economics at Padua Academy in Wilmington, was named the 2023 Bonnie T. Meszaros Economics Educator of the Year for Delaware. She received the award at the University of Delaware’s Center for...