WILMINGTON — The top-seeded Salesianum basketball team hosted 17th-seeded Laurel on March 3 in a packed gym for the second round of the DIAA Tournament, and after a slow start, the Sals turned on the jets and are moving...
NEW CASTLE — Saint Mark’s boys basketball team knew it had to limit the offense by William Penn’s outside shooters in the teams’ second-round DIAA state tournament matchup on March 3. The 22nd-seeded Spartans accomplished that mission, holding No....
To help the faithful observe Lent in the Diocese of Wilmington, this year’s annual Lenten Journey will focus on the theme of Reconciliation, in anticipation of Reconciliation Monday, April 11. Over the next few weeks until Easter, The Dialog...
David Welsh has been in some good company.
A parishioner at Our Mother of Good Counsel, Bryn Mawr, Pa., in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, he is a graduate of The Vanguard School in Malvern, Pa.
Welsh has developed an interesting hobby...
When supporters of physician-assisted suicide announced in 1993 that they would sponsor a ballot initiative to legalize it in Oregon, they had bigger plans in mind. Coalition leader Dr. Peter Goodwin said that once voters elsewhere saw how well...
By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
As retired bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, I, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, have a long history of service to immigrants beginning with my first priestly days. I am happy to be able to continue to...
WASHINGTON — Not long after Pope Francis was elevated to the papacy in 2013, someone coined the term “Francis Factor” in an effort to identify those qualities he brought to the chair of Peter that distinguished him from his...
PHILADELPHIA -- A March 1 Russian military strike on the capital of Ukraine damaged the site of one of World War II's largest massacres of Jews, prompting global condemnation and a call from scholars to preserve the memory of...
Sunday Scripture readings, March 6, 2022, First Sunday of Lent
1) Dt 26:4-10 Psalm 91:1-2, 10-15
2) Rom 10:8-13 Gospel: Lk 4:1-13
We should ask ourselves, 'Where am I spiritually?'
The author of Genesis offers an intriguing detail in the story of the...
WILMINGTON — The 22nd-seeded Saint Mark's boys basketball team played a zone defense to perfection in their 41-37 win over No. 11 St. Elizabeth on March 1st in a DIAA state tournament first-round game.
The Vikings won both meetings between...