CLAYMONT – Archmere is moving on in the DIAA boys volleyball state tournament thanks to a hard-earned 3-0 sweep of Odyssey Charter in first-round action on May 13 at Moglia Fieldhouse. Set scores were 25-16, 26-24, and 25-22.
Archmere, the...
“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 or school communities.
NAME: Father Joseph W. McQuaide IV.
Parish:...
How many people on Thursday, May 8, while waiting for the cardinals to elect a new pope, said, “It will never be an American!”
I was one of those, and like so many, I believed the received wisdom that the...
DETROIT -- The new Roman pontiff -- the vicar of Christ on earth -- attended high school in western Michigan.
For Catholics from the Great Lakes state, that sentence might take a while to sink in.
Born in Chicago in 1955,...
ALAPOCAS – Archmere built an early lead that didn't last, but the Auks responded when challenged in the second half and captured a wild 5-4 girls soccer win at Wilmington Friends on May 12. It was the Auks' sixth...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting, and he called for the release of journalists imprisoned for their work.
"The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience...
DOVER — Holy Cross High School, which will open in Dover for the 2025-26 academic year, will host a community open house at its newly renovated building at 2319 S. Dupont Hwy. on May 29 from 6-7:30 p.m.
The evening...
WASHINGTON -- Within moments of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepping onto the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 8 as Pope Leo XIV, some U.S. Catholics were quick to seek out clues about his political...
As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost.
1. Chicagoan. Pope Leo was born Sept. 14, 1955, and grew up in the south suburbs...
Fourth Sunday of Easter
On this Good Shepherd Sunday, we join with 1.4 billion Catholics from all over the world in expressing our thanks to God who, like the Good Shepherd who tends lovingly to the needs of his flock,...