WILMINGTON — For one half of their basketball game against William Penn, Salesianum played the Colonials’ game. Up and down the court the teams went, shots flying — and often hitting — with the teams combining for 81 points....
WILMINGTON — Padua gave up a halftime lead on Jan. 22 at Delaware Military Academy, but the Pandas overwhelmed the Seahawks in the fourth quarter for a 56-45 victory at the Fusco Athletic Complex. It was the Pandas’ fourth...
WASHINGTON -- One aspect of the annual March for Life that never changes is the loud cheering when the lead group, carrying the banner, arrives in front of the Supreme Court.
That tradition was sustained Jan. 21 as groups from...
WASHINGTON -- Every year thousands of Catholics and other abortion opponents march in Washington in the frigid month of January marking the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
This year, however, the march was...
For me, meekness usually brings to mind words like "mild-mannered," "timid," and even the implication of weakness.
In a culture that places high value on possessing power and influence, it's hard to understand what Jesus means when he says, "Blessed...
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land" (Mt 5:5).
The beatitudes are perhaps the most beautiful and compelling part of the Gospel. They are poetic and inspiring, and yet enigmatic and confusing.
Among the virtuous characteristics praised in...
WASHINGTON -- Likening the pro-life cause to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston said dreams can take a long time to...
WASHINGTON -- The Catholic Church and its people stand ready not only to help expectant mothers bring their pregnancies to term but to assist women who have had abortions, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis officially has declared St. Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of the church.
In a decree released by the Vatican Jan. 21, the pope ordered that the second-century theologian be given the title of "doctor of...
MANITOWOC, Wis. -- On the far west side of Manitowoc, atop a hill overlooking picturesque Silver Lake, sits the historic Holy Family Convent.
Motherhouse to the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, its hallowed halls, accented with reverent artworks, are serene...