When she was canonized by Pope St. John Paul in 2000, Josephine Bakhita immediately became the patron saint of survivors of human trafficking.
Even a cursory read of her story more than explains why. Kidnapped from the Sudanese village where...
By Greg Burke
Human cruelty, at times, seems to know no boundaries. We see examples of depravity and wanton violence every day, whether it’s the cavalier disregard for human life of the drug lords or the intentional killing of innocents...
By Adrienne Curry
Sitting at a kitchen table in Chicago more than three decades ago, I had a chance to get to know a holy woman who might one day be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Sister Thea...
Mike Mastromatteo
"Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle," Shannen Dee Williams, Duke University Press, 2022, 424 pages.
In her book "Subversive Habits," Shannen Dee Williams, a professor of history at Ohio's Dayton University, explores the...
Growing up, my best friend had the American Girl doll “Molly.” Molly Jean McIntire, to give her her full name, was one of the company’s original historical characters -- characters whose lives were set at a particular time, accompanied...
JERUSALEM-- Israeli police arrested an American Jewish tourist Feb. 2 for vandalizing a statue of Jesus at the Franciscan Church of Flagellation in the Old City.
In a statement condemning the attack against a Christian site -- the fifth in...
WASHINGTON-- Justice for Ukraine and the Ukrainian victims of Russia's invasion of the country will require international legal support, experts said at Feb. 1 event hosted by the Georgetown Law Center on National Security.
The center at the Catholic law...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum’s basketball team might have moved on from last year’s state championship game loss to Tower Hill, but the Sals apparently have not forgotten the Hillers’ epic shooting performance that night last March.
The Sals came out on...
NEW CASTLE — For nearly 32 minutes on Feb. 2, the result of the boys’ basketball game between St. Elizabeth and William Penn was uncertain. In the fourth quarter, the host Colonials overcame a six-point deficit to edge the...
Employees of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington now have a more affordable path to a graduate degree, thanks to a Jan. 31 agreement between the diocese and Neumann University.
Neumann is offering any diocesan employee a 20 percent discount on...