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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on May 5 continued his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, accusing him in a radio interview of "endangering" Catholics through his opposition to the Iran war. Trump claimed in...
WASHINGTON  -- The head of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee has written a letter to Trump administration officials expressing concern about the status of their promised safety review of mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill. The letter comes amid a...
WILMINGTON — The steps of St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington turned into the site of a fiesta on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, for the students of the parish school. A six-piece mariachi band performed twice under sunny skies, once...
WILMINGTON -- Nearly two dozen people joined in for a wreath-laying and prayer service May 2 at the graves of long-ago French soldiers and a distinguished Catholic from Delaware at Coffee Run Cemetery, the state’s oldest Catholic graveyard. Members of...
MILLTOWN — It must have been Nate Hughes Day at Saint Mark's High School because whenever one looked on the lacrosse field in the Spartans' matchup with Red Lion Christian, No. 7 had the ball. And he knew what...
WASHINGTON -- An appeals court on May 1 temporarily blocked a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail. The following day, Danco Laboratories, one of the pharmaceutical companies that manufactures the drug,...
The Archdiocese of New York has proposed an $800 million settlement to resolve some 1,300 abuse claims involving clergy and staff brought under lookback laws in that state. If accepted, the settlement would cap a five-year legal battle that has...
Another successful season of drama, music and fun in the Diocese of Wilmington wraps up this week as Salesianum School presents the classic "The Sound of Music" -- the last of the series of shows put on by every...
The first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States -- who has already had 40 potential miracles through his intercession investigated -- is now getting his own national shrine in western Illinois where he grew up and...
Ten men in the deacon formation program for the Diocese of Wilmington as aspirants are scheduled to be admitted to the candidacy stage on May 16 at Holy Cross Church in Dover. Bishop Koenig will hold the Rite of Admission...