DAVOS, Switzerland -- By sharing their experiences of working with the poor and the marginalized and building partnerships with government and business leaders committed to improving people's lives, religious sisters are convinced that "we can bring about substantial and...
Track and field has wrapped up its state championships, but the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association is going full bore in its other sports in the busiest season of the year. Monday was limited to tennis action, but the rest...
DOVER — The Saint Mark’s girls’ track and field team entered the final relay at the state championship meet May 20-21, the 4x400 relay, with a 10-point lead over Tatnall, which always excels in the running events. The Hornets...
WASHINGTON -- The much-anticipated May 23 deadline on Title 42 came and went at the U.S.-Mexico border without any changes allowing migrants in, including asylum-seekers, after a federal judge blocked the government from lifting the health measure instituted during...
DOVER — In 2007, the Saint Mark’s boys spring track and field team finished second to Salesianum in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I state championship meet by eight points. That was the closest the Spartans ever got...
WASHINGTON -- In a 6-3 ruling May 23, the Supreme Court said two Arizona death-row inmates could not present new evidence of ineffective counsel they said they received in state trials during their federal appeals.
The inmates have argued that...
We rejoice to gather as the church of Wilmington to advance Brennan Ferris, your son, brother, relative and friend to the Order of Priest. Let us consider carefully the nature of the ministerial rank in the church to which...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis thanked those who are dedicated to promoting life and defending conscientious objection.
And he also prayed that the Catholic Church in China may live in greater communion with the universal church in freedom and tranquility.
The...
When St. Helena’s held its carnival the last week of April, it was just the second Catholic parish in the Diocese of Wilmington to hold a traditional carnival since 2019. In 2020, at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic,...
WILMINGTON -- Father Brennan Ferris was ordained a priest May 21 at the Cathedral of St. Peter.
The Mass began at 11 a.m. and lasted just under two hours.
It was the first priestly ordination conducted by Bishop Koenig since he...