Since my installation as the Bishop of Wilmington last July, I have been getting to know the lay people, religious women and men, and clergy who make up the Catholic community of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
While I am...
A faith slump can happen to anyone. Prayer isn't working or we don't feel motivated. When we do make it to Mass, we struggle to focus or we don't feel God any more near to us than when we...
Back when my husband and I taught a two-year confirmation prep program at our parish, many of the students in our class were attending because they had to be there. They did the work, asked good questions, trudging through...
How do we attract people to our church? How do we invite people to "come and see"? These are questions being asked with greater urgency these days. The "nones," that is, those with no religious affiliation, are growing in...
PHILADELPHIA -- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has paid close to $78.5 million of a total of more than $81 million awarded to 438 victims of sexual abuse by archdiocesan clergy under the Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program, which released...
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated local communities and the nation at large, several U.S. bishops, women's religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican updated its COVID-19 protocols, allowing most employees and visitors to enter Vatican City State without a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery.
In a decree published June 2 by the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinal...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A Catholic hospital's campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the scene of the country's 233rd mass shooting of the year June 1, leaving four dead, including a doctor, who had treated the gunman for back pain.
Tulsa authorities...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis sent well-wishes to Queen Elizabeth II as the reigning British monarch began the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of her coronation as well as the public celebration of her birthday.
"On the joyful occasion of...
WILMINGTON — Archmere’s boys lacrosse team stayed close to Cape Henlopen for half of their DIAA semifinal tilt June 1 at Abessinio Stadium, but the Vikings turned up the heat in the second half on the way to a...