VATICAN CITY -- At the end of his general audience in St. Peter's Square March 8, International Women's Day, Pope Francis led a round of applause for women.
He thanked the world's women "for their commitment to building a more...
"I think that if we were to approach the Most Blessed Sacrament with great faith and love, once would be enough to make us rich. How much richer from approaching so many times as we do. The trouble is...
After going to church regularly for more than 20 years, Jerry Garner of Lenox Township, Pa., is now consciously making a decision to join the Catholic faith.
"I think it's time right now for me to join the church," he...
Sunday Scripture readings for March 12, Third Sunday of Lent
Ex 17:3-7 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 5:1-2, 5-8
Jn 4:5-42 (Alt. Jn 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42)
Lent is the graced time to quench our spiritual thirst
Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are concrete spiritual...
“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: Kathy Kinard
HOMETOWN: Newark
PARISH: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
“What...
“The communicant receives the complete Christ - uncut, unbroken, and undivided. Whether one receives or a thousand, the one receives as much as the thousand.” — St. Thomas Aquinas
To help the faithful observe Lent in the Diocese of Wilmington,...
When you bring young children to Mass your heart rate goes up, your blood pressure rises, and sometimes you find yourself in fight or flight mode from the moment the opening hymn sounds until you hear the words "Go...
Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, whose attorneys have argued he should not stand trial due to "progressive and irreparable cognitive deficits," recalled the name of the man he allegedly sexually abused as a child, although he denied the sexual...
The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic church and wants to break the seal of confession between a priest and penitent.
House Bill 74 abrogates the privilege between priest and penitent in a...
WILMINGTON — Delaware Military Academy was the new kid on the block in Delaware high school girls basketball this season, but on March 6, the Ursuline Raiders showed that this was still their neighborhood. The Raiders got off to...