In 20 years of community organizing, resulting in more than 300 cases of newborns saved from infant abandonment, Floridian Nick Silverio has never actually witnessed a criminal child abandonment in progress.
Until, that is, a group of people looking through...
As COVID-19 infection rates rapidly increase in both Delaware and Maryland, primarily due to the Omicron variant, the Diocese of Wilmington has provided parishes with liturgical guidance that returns some of the practices that were in place earlier this...
The Maryland Catholic Conference is holding a virtual town hall on the issue of reform for the state’s youth justice system on Jan. 12, opening day for the Maryland General Assembly’s 2022 legislative session, from 7-8 p.m.
Baltimore Archbishop William...
“One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Callie Brown
HOMETOWN: Toms River, NJ
PARISH: Summer visitor...
WILMINGTON — A 13-0 run spanning the end of the first half and nearly all of the third quarter gave Saint Mark’s the lead they needed in a 45-35 win at Padua on Jan. 11. The Spartans came through...
WASHINGTON — An essay by Kathleen McChesney on the impact of the U.S. bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People drew a sharp rebuke by the executive director of the Survivor’s Network of Those Abused by...
VATICAN CITY — A Catholic university should help young people achieve their dreams and goals on the basis of the truth, beauty and the good, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Marking the 625th anniversary of a faculty of...
School is back in session, and there have been no snow delays for a few days now. High school sports teams are trying to get their games in as the winter season enters its sixth week. The schedule includes...
WASHINGTON -- For someone who was raised Catholic, Sidney Poitier left a mark on the Catholic world.
Much of it has to do with his performance in the 1963 movie "Lilies of the Field." In the film, Poitier, who died...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis issued condolences to families of those killed in an apartment building blaze in the Bronx that killed 17 people, including nine children.
In a Jan. 10 telegram to Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, the...