As we flip the calendar to 2024, I must admit the thought of the coming 12 months fill me with a certain amount of dread. Entering into another election year, with all of the related political drama, can feel...
You have no idea how many of my columns have begun as a germ of a thought -- usually an annoyed question -- scribbled on a scrap of paper. This one reflects my late, rather curmudgeonly, “wish list” of...
When I began writing this monthly column in January 2023, I named it “Redeeming the Time.” I use the space to revisit some past literary, theological, philosophical, or historical text, or a milestone anniversary of some notable event or...
CLAYMONT — After a slow start to the new year, Archmere and Newark Charter quickened up the pace — and the scoring — in the second half. The Auks controlled the fourth quarter after a back-and-forth third to defeat...
Msgr. Daniel Joseph McGlynn, 84, passed away on the evening of Jan. 1. He was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 7, 1939, a son of the late John and Alice (McKendry) McGlynn.
He received his early education at the Ascension...
The music ministry of St. Joseph Parish in Middletown will present a Cantata, “Way of the Cross,” on Sunday, Feb. 18, 4 pm, featuring the parish choir, cantors and orchestra.
The work will feature John Sposato as reader and Father...
VATICAN CITY -- While bishops may take a cautious approach to the Vatican's guidance on blessing same-sex or other unmarried couples, they should not deny their priests the possibility of discerning and imparting blessings on people who ask for...
VATICAN CITY-- Help "de-weaponize" the way language is used in the media by being respectful to others and fostering greater understanding and peace between people, Pope Francis told a group of Catholics journalists from Germany.
"How many conflicts today, instead...
The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency health care law to require hospitals in Texas to perform emergency abortions, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Jan. 2. The ruling deals a blow to the Biden administration's...
Our sweetest not-such-a-baby anymore turns 20 months old this month. Like any proud mama, I could write an entire column on John Francis’s adorable qualities, like his propensity to silly dance anytime he catches a whiff of a beat,...