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ROME (CNS) -- A week after undergoing abdominal surgery, Pope Francis' recovery is going well enough that his doctors are making plans to discharge him from Rome's Gemelli hospital, the Vatican press office said. "The medical staff reports that his...
It’s possible it was a “Senior Week” prank, but Catholics in Ocean City, Md., are not laughing at the theft of a 3-foot tall Blessed Virgin Mary statue from the prayer garden outside Holy Savior Church on Philadelphia Avenue. “We...
PHILADELPHIA — Five high school baseball players who attend or recently graduated from Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Wilmington were part of the Delaware North team in the 37th annual Carpenter Cup Classic, which got underway this...
Catholic Youth Ministry recently named the recipients of its annual awards — the St. Timothy Youth Award, the St. John Bosco Award and the Volunteer of the Year Award — at its annual recognition dinner, which was held May...
“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: Dorothy Cartagena HOMETOWN:  Lewes PARISH: St. Jude the Apostle “What...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' message of hope for humanity encased in a small satellite blasted off into space June 12 and soon will beam his words back to Earth. "The 'Spei Satelles' mission successfully launched from the U.S. base...
WILMINGTON — Shelley Collier has an unknown person from a long-ago television show to thank for her current position at Salesianum School, where she teaches American Sign Language to a waiting-room only list of boys. Collier, 52, remembers living in...
The bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, shared new details in a June 11 video about his recent investigation into the superior of a monastery of Discalced Carmelites, alleging the nun admitted to consensual sexual misconduct with...
BALTIMORE -- Through their work in the media, Catholic communications professionals have a calling "to heal the blindness that too often distorts the eyes and confuses the hearts of people in our world," Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his condolences and prayers after the death of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died June 12 at the age of 86. In a telegram sent to Maria Elvira Berlusconi, the former premier's...