VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican City State criminal court sentenced Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison on two counts of embezzlement and one of aggravated fraud but found him not guilty of abuse of...
VATICAN CITY -- With song, cake and circus performers, Pope Francis celebrated his 87th birthday in festive style at the Vatican.
As in previous years, the pope spent his birthday Dec. 17 in the Paul VI Audience Hall with the...
The impending Christmas break brings with it a slowdown to the high school sports scene, but not a halt. There are games dotting the schedule for those who might want a break from last-minute gift shopping.
Girls basketball brings a...
WASHINGTON -- The pro-life movement had a mixed record of success in its first full calendar year without Roe v. Wade in place, losing an Ohio ballot measure but also seeing the passage of new legislation limiting the procedure...
VATICAN CITY -- A Catholic priest can bless a gay or other unmarried couple as long as it is not a formal liturgical blessing and does not give the impression that the Catholic Church is blessing the union as...
Via Crucis, the dramatic presentation of the Stations of the Cross at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Wilmington, is now holding signups for the 2024 Lenten season.
Now in its 61st year, Via Crucis is a liturgical drama, first presented...
Are you preparing for the Christmas season? Check out the video above for some help.
The new video, produced by the Office of Communication of the Diocese of Wilmington, presents a montage of photographs of Nativity crèches from the Catholic...
When Catholics (and others) come across Nativity scenes around the Diocese of Wilmington in the next few weeks, they can thank the original Franciscan, St. Francis of Assisi, who carved the first depiction of Jesus’ birth into rock inside...
PENNY HILL — The first four games of Saint Mark’s boys basketball season came against familiar foes, and the Spartans defeated all of them. On Dec. 17, Saint Mark’s mixed it up with West Philadelphia, and the result was...
To mark the beginning of Advent, students of Holy Cross School in Dover designed Jesse Tree ornaments that bear a symbol that represents an event or a person leading up to the foretold coming of the Messiah.
The spiritual handmade...