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A pair of seminarians from the Diocese of Wilmington joined a St. Mary’s seminary basketball team that worked its way all the way to the championship game of the Helfant basketball tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Deacon Brennan Ferris and seminarian...
Once Delaware Gov. John Carney moved the end of the school mask mandate up a month, from the end of March to March 2, the Diocese of Wilmington has made mask-wearing optional in its elementary and high schools. The...
Bishop Koenig of the Diocese of Wilmington led the prayer for the Maryland Catholic Conference Feb. 28 as another week of the legislative session continues in Annapolis. The diocese includes the nine counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The...
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — Padua and Salesianum kept the banners coming to their respective gymnasiums, winning the DIAA girls and boys indoor track state championships Feb. 19 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It was the 10th straight...
MEXICO CITY -- Prosecutors in El Salvador have brought charges against a former president for the murders of six Jesuits in 1989, a crime carried out by soldiers during a brutal civil war in the Central American country. Former President...
LVIV, Ukraine -- A Byzantine priest from Lviv, a native of Donetsk who became famous throughout Ukraine after being captured by separatists in 2014, announced the beginning of an exorcism ritual aimed at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian Catholic Father...
I spotted him sitting there as I hurried across the street, his head nodding from exhaustion and his light jacket doing little to shelter him from the biting cold. I nearly passed right by, as I almost always do, but...
A capacity crowd filtered into the Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Wilmington on a cool day with brilliant sunshine Feb. 27 for a prayer service that stood in contrast to the violence and darkness of war...
One of the challenges we Catholics face is the way in which our liturgical calendar almost becomes like white noise in the background. There is such consistency in our liturgical year that we often don't give much thought to the...
NEWARK — Ursuline captured the 200-yard medley relay, taking a brief lead in the 2022 Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association girls swimming and diving championship after the first event. The Raiders hung tough all night, finishing in third place in...