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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey defended a state law restricting abortion in most circumstances from a legal challenge brought by the state's lone abortion facility in federal court. After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v....
Among Catholics, the sacrament of matrimony is in freefall. Over 50 years between 1969 and 2019, Catholic marriages declined 69% even as the Catholic population increased by nearly 20 million, according to Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in...
“A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.” — St. Pio of Pietrelcina To help the faithful observe Lent in the Diocese of Wilmington, this year’s...
WILMINGTON — St. Peter Cathedral School teacher Sally Grandell looked a bit surprised when eighth-grader Eric Irons approached her with a bouquet of flowers on Feb. 2. It was Catholic Schools Week, and Grandell figured principal Jane Manley was...
BOWIE, Md. -- On Feb. 25, just following a snow flurry that morning, a tent with seats for about 100 people was put up among gravesites on the property behind Sacred Heart Parish's chapel in the Washington suburb of...
NEWARK — Pornography addiction is not a problem for men alone, and there are resources available for people who want to kick the habit, said a woman who runs a ministry helping women find recovery. Rachael Killackey, founder and...
LODI, N.J. — Sister Marie Victoria Bartkowski, a Wilmington native who spent 61 years as a member of the Felician Sisters, died Feb. 22. She was 80. She grew up in Wilmington as a member of St. Hedwig Parish, whose...
The 2023 Diocese of Wilmington Catholic high school spring musical series is shining its spotlight on Archmere Academy's "Willy Wonka." If you missed last weekend's performances, don't worry. You can still purchase tickets online here for March 3-4 at 7...

Our Lenten Journey, March 1, 2023

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"...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood." --St. Francis of Assisi To help the faithful observe Lent in the Diocese of Wilmington, this year’s...
The basketball state tournaments tip off this week, with the boys getting started on Tuesday and the girls the next night. Only Archmere will be in action among the boys in the first round, while Salesianum awaits its second-round...