Each year, when the bishop releases the priest changes, it sets into motion a process for the priests who will be accepting a new assignment. No matter how long the priest has been ordained, he will have to get...
VATICAN CITY -- Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was scheduled to meet with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making to Moscow on Pope Francis's behalf, the Kremlin said.
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, told journalists June...
BALTIMORE -- While police continue to search for a man who assaulted two pro-life activists, the victims are back in front of Planned Parenthood in downtown Baltimore almost daily carrying out their mission of praying for the unborn and...
VATICAN CITY -- As Catholic schools worldwide face several challenges -- including declining enrollments, funding or maintaining a distinctive religious character -- the Vatican has urged religious orders, dioceses and laypeople to come together to "take risks" and be...
Dialog staff members earned honors from the Catholic Media Association at the group’s 2023 national conference, including being named among the best Catholic news websites in North America.
Staff members Joseph P. Owens, Mike Lang, Virginia Durkin O’Shea and Erica...
Official Appointments
The Most Reverend William E. Koenig, D.D., Bishop of Wilmington, announces the following appointments:
Associate Pastor
The Reverend Onyedikachukwu Chibundu John Enemuo is appointed Associate Pastor of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Hockessin, effective June 28, 2023.
The Reverend Boindla Raju is appointed Associate Pastor...
“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: Marty Malarkey
HOMETOWN: Bethany Beach
PARISH: St. Ann, Bethany...
WASHINGTON -- Sheila and David Porter left their home in Newport News, Va., at 5 a.m. to celebrate the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington June 24.
Together, the couple attended...
VATICAN CITY -- As has been his practice since becoming pope in 2013, Pope Francis will take most of the month of July off as a sort of "staycation."
"From July 1 and until the end of the month, as...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, 65, has resigned from pastoral governance of the diocese. Pope Francis accepted the resignation June 27 and also appointed Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, as apostolic administrator of...