Q: Why must I confess to a priest, when I can just talk to God? (Newark, N.J.)
A: Jesus told his Apostles: “Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained” (Jn 20:23). Our bishops...
GREENVILLE — The A.I. DuPont boys basketball team came out on fire against Saint Mark’s on Jan. 12, scoring the first 11 points of the game, but it took a second-half comeback to top the Spartans, 62-51.
The first three...
CLAYMONT — Archmere dialed long distance early in the game, building up a 12-point advantage, one they would not relinquish in a 34-27 win over MOT Charter in boys basketball on Jan. 11 at Moglia Fieldhouse.
The Auks won the...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum won all but one event in a 94-45 victory over Archmere in boys swimming on Jan. 11 at the Walnut Street YMCA. Ryan Mahoney Ben Lutcher and Bryce Patterson each won two individual events, and all...
Sunday Scripture readings, Jan. 15, 2023: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34
The church's return to Ordinary Time is anything but ordinary
In one moving sentence of his spiritual testament,...
WASHINGTON -- Just six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that abortion is not a constitutional right, America’s pro-life advocates and health care providers are preparing for another consequential shift following...
Don’t miss a special 12-page section dedicated to the life of Pope Benedict XVI in this weekend’s edition of The Dialog.
The retired pope died late last month at age 95 and a funeral Mass was celebrated last week by...
The Magi have come and gone. With the Epiphany the Christmas narrative concludes.
The popular story of the foreign travelers charms the masses with a star-studded discovery of the Nativity and the presentation of unique gifts. But that scene by...
Australian Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and archbishop of Sydney and of Melbourne, died Jan. 10 in Rome. He was 81. Sources told OSV News that Cardinal Pell went in for hip replacement...
“One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Donald Kyle
HOMETOWN: Ocean View, De.
PARISH: St. Lukes in...