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Pentecost 2025 The inherent dignity of each human being and the fraternity that binds us together as members of the one human family must undergird the development of new technologies and serve as indisputable criteria for evaluating them before they...
While the world is still just getting to know him, first impressions appear to hint that Pope Leo XIV doesn't seem like a pontiff to say, "I told you so." But maybe he did. When Pope Leo addressed the College of...
VATICAN CITY -- Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration announced June 3 that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation's hospitals directing them to perform abortions in emergency circumstances even in states that banned the procedure. In 2022, shortly after the U.S. Supreme...
The announcement of the discovery of a body believed to be that of Jesuit Father Paolo Dall'Oglio has prompted church officials in Syria, including the apostolic nuncio, to urge prudence as investigations continue. News of the possible discovery of the...
Catholics are encouraged to turn out in strong numbers for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Eucharistic processions to counter the growing number of anti-Catholic protesters who have afflicted the route's public events from the first week. "We need to be there....
GREENVILLE – Approximately 60 business people from around the Diocese of Wilmington gathered at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Parish in Greenville on June 4 for the inaugural meeting of the Catholic Business Network. An initiative of the diocese, the...
Scripture readings for June 8, 2025, Pentecost Acts 2:1-11  Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34  1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 OR Rom 8:8-17  Jn 20:19-23 We all heard it when we were kids, that dire warning: "Don't play with fire!" "Stay away...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh, 75, and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mark A. Eckman of Pittsburgh as his successor. Bishop Zubik, a native of Pennsylvania, has headed the Pittsburgh...
The weekend and early part of this week brought on more Catholic high school graduations for the Class of 2025 in the Diocese of Wilmington.