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BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Jocelyn Delaney does not mince words when it comes to talking about her job at St. Edmond’s Academy. She is the director of educational support, working with students who have a diagnosed learning difference in order...
VATICAN CITY -- The disappearance 40 years ago of Emanuela Orlandi has haunted her family, fueled conspiracy theories and provided grist for a recent Netflix series. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said Jan. 9 that Alessandro Diddi,...
"Lord, I ask that you take me out of here soon … I want to be with my mom and sister soon. Amen." The prayer of a migrant girl in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, neatly written on the back of a...
ROME -- There can be no improvising or going it alone when it comes to preventing and handling cases of abuse in the Catholic Church, said U.S. Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for...
There are Sundays I barely hear my voice when I’m preaching. The gentle drone of toddlers drowns me out. When we surveyed our parish, we discovered that the median age was only 25 years old, thus Mass at our parish...
These days, the branches of trees trace the sky in a labyrinth of limbs, and the evergreens are dulled from cold. For us here in the Midwest, it’s the middle of winter, when one day the clouds are a...
Our Catholic faith has a rich heritage of truth, goodness and beauty derived through Scripture, sacraments, the lives of the saints, moral and systematic theology, a treasury of liturgical, devotional and mystical prayer, social teaching, charitable works and extraordinary...
We’ll kick off with the girls this week, with a basketball game to see just about every day. It pays off with a pair of overlapping games on Saturday involving four of the better teams in the state. Another event...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was elected Speaker of the House Jan. 7 after a tumultuous process that stretched across the first week of the new term. The 118th Congress began in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, and...
CLAYMONT — Archmere shot their way to a 24-15 halftime lead over Tatnall in a boys basketball game on Jan. 7, then banished any thoughts of a Hornets comeback with a ball-control second half. The strategy paid off as...