VATICAN CITY -- During a meeting with Eastern Catholics, many of whom come from war-torn regions of the world, Pope Leo XIV pledged the Vatican's full commitment to promoting peace and reconciliation.
"The peoples of our world desire peace, and...
ROME -- Following the April 21 death of Pope Francis, a great curiosity hovered across the world as the College of Cardinals entered into mourning and prepared to elect a new pope.
On May 8, the curiosity was sated as...
CHICAGO -- "In honor of Pope Leo XIV, I'm going to have a thin crust pizza," said Augustinian seminarian Brother Nathan Fernandes, a former chef at a fine dining Italian restaurant, in a tongue-in-cheek nod to the Chicago-born pope's...
BERLIN, Md. – Eric Harper, currently the principal of Our Lady of Grace School in Penndel, Pa., has been appointed the new principal of Most Blessed Sacrament School in Berlin, Md., effective July 1.
Superintendent of Schools Lou De Angelo...
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...
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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...