OAKLAND, Calif. -- Citing rising operating costs, declining enrollment and an increased need for institutional aid, officials at Holy Names University in Oakland said the school will close at the end of the academic year in May.
Efforts to partner...
VATICAN CITY -- Christ was born to touch people's hearts and show that love is the power that changes the course of history, Pope Francis said.
However, the faithful must ask themselves, "Do we want to stand at his side?...
A blessed Christmas season and Happy New Year from the staff of The Dialog.
The Dialog, the news arm of the Diocese of Wilmington, will not publish a Dec. 30 print edition during its regular publication week.
The last print edition...
VATICAN CITY -- The day after Christmas the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, which emphasizes how the story of Jesus' birth is not a "fairy tale," but a call to live as...
DENTON – More than 29 years ago, Amy Nicholls dedicated her unborn baby to the Blessed Mother.
That little girl, baptized Amanda Marie Krow, is now known as Sister Amanda Marie de Jesus. She’s beginning her novitiate at the Little...
The week between Christmas and New Year’s has become a flurry of activity for high school basketball teams, and most of the Catholic schools will be taking part in one of the holiday showcases going on around the region.
A...
Several weeks ago, I came across a quote from St. Francis de Sales, the patron saint of our diocese, that has remained with me since reading it. It centers around today’s Gospel from St. Luke and, while the words...
Bishop Koenig celebrated several Christmas Day and Christmas Eve Masses in southern Delaware and Maryland.
He officiated Christmas morning at St. Edmond Church in Rehoboth Beach and at St. Ann in Bethany Beach. He officiated at both St. Luke and...
A woman in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults admitted that she had almost no knowledge of Christianity until she met her husband-to-be. In fact, she said, the only thing she knew about Jesus when she was growing...
Are you looking for the Lord this Christmas? Then consider casting your gaze closer to home than you might at first feel inclined to do, the Gospel of John seems to suggest in the immensely thought-provoking and highly familiar...