VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis is writing to all the heads of state around the world, asking them to consider granting some prisoners clemency at Christmas.
The Vatican press office said Dec. 12 that the pope is asking government leaders...
WILMINGTON -- More than 600 people arrived at Salesianum School for the “Magic of Christmas” show by the New York Tenors Dec. 11.
Tenors Daniel Rodriguez, Andy Cooney and Christopher Macchio – joined for part of the show by soprano...
The hymns we hear during Advent are one of the season's greatest consolations.
And is there any musical composition quite as evocative as the beautiful blend of "What Child Is This?" and the more recently written, "Child of the Poor"?
The...
These last few days of Advent draw us further into preparations, celebrations and "must do" activities. We might be feeling mighty frazzled, perhaps pulled in myriad directions, afraid we won't get it all done.
Blessedly, the readings for the fourth...
NEWARK – The St. Elizabeth football team fought for every yard in its DIAA Class 1A championship game against Laurel on Dec. 10. The Vikings fell behind, 14-0, and clawed back to within a point with just under eight...
MILLTOWN – Laurel's Carlie Venables hit a three-point shot to open the second quarter of the Bulldogs' girls basketball game at Saint Mark's on Dec. 9, but the Spartans responded by putting up the next 14 points on their...
Father Joseph W. McQuaide led the reflection Dec. 9 for Diocese of Wilmington employees at the annual Advent Day of Reflection at Church of the Holy Child in Wilmington.
Father McQuaide, judicial vicar and chancellor of the diocese, spoke on...
WILMINGTON — For three and a half minutes on the evening of Dec. 8, the packed student section at Salesianum did not make a sound while their basketball team played St. Andrew’s in Birkenheuer Gymnasium. But when Brandon Baffone’s...
PENNY HILL — Ursuline basketball got a glimpse of the future — and the present on Dec. 8 when the Raiders opened their season at Mount Pleasant. Eighth-graders Taylor Brown and Gigi Banks both reached double figures as the...
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Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Conception at Cathedral of St. Peter drew about 100 people Dec. 8, including some students from the adjacent Cathedral of St. Peter School in the Diocese of Wilmington.
Father Christopher Markellos, associate pastor,...