ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Flying over the west coast of central Africa on April 21, Pope Leo XIV paused to honor his predecessor on the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death, remembering the Argentine pope’s witness to mercy...
By Aftab Alexander Mughal, OSV News
Christians in Pakistan are protesting a controversial court ruling that upheld the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a 30-year-old Muslim man, a case widely known as "Maria's case." The girl's family says...
Pope Leo XIV has donated $100,000 to provide access to clean water in El Salvador, supporting a program launched by the papal nuncio to that nation and by Catholic Relief Services, the official humanitarian and development agency of the...
KILAMBA, Angola -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, April 19, urging the faithful of a nation still bearing the scars of a decades-long civil war to find renewed...
Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed their "unreserved condemnation" after a picture of an Israeli soldier striking the head of a statue of Jesus in Debel, a Christian village in southern Lebanon, went viral on social media.
In a...
SAURIMO, Angola -- Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola's diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country's northeast to trust that "Christ hears the cry of the...
Athletic fields up and down the state will be busy this week with spring high school sports. Some potential postseason matchups will take place among them, with some excellent matchups on the schedule.
As usual, it's a good idea to...
Although Delaware law protects the right of women to access abortion, work remains among pro-life leaders to educate the public in an effort to make sure correct information about the topic is available to those who might be considering...
MUXIMA, Angola -- Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary April 19 at southern Africa's most visited Catholic shrine, calling the pilgrimage site a place where "the heart of the Church" is...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – Padua faced a four-run deficit midway through its softball game on April 18 against Sussex Tech, but the Pandas clawed back and claimed the victory in walkoff style on a single by Shay Chesworth that scored...