VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the faith" that those who have been baptized in Christ "will rise with him to...
VATICAN CITY -- U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the "camerlengo" or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope Francis had died April 21 at the age of 88.
Shortly before 10 a.m. in Rome, Vatican...
Bishop Koenig celebrated the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night April 19 at Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington.
The Lucernarium was outside in the courtyard where the bishop instructed the assembled about the vigil and blessed the fire. A...
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has the last chance to turn back physician-assisted suicide in the state after 11 Senate Democrats formed a narrow majority on Holy Thursday to pass the bill they have been pushing most of the last...
Q: I have a close friend who is in OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) and is very serious about her faith and becoming Catholic. She is very disappointed that she won't be able to be baptized and...
Today's meditation is a simple one from St. Francis de Sales, patron of our diocese and patron of Catholic journalists: "During the night we must wait for the light." Good Friday may be the "night" but our faith tells...
WILMINGTON — Tyler Kulp, the principal of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School in Charlotte, North Carolina, will join the Diocese of Wilmington in July as associate superintendent of schools. The appointment was made by Bishop Koenig.
Kulp will...
Holy Saturday is one of those days when the church, though liturgically silent, speaks volumes through signs. In Poland and Ukraine, one of the most popular and deeply symbolic gestures is the blessing of Easter foods, known as "swieconka,"...
VATICAN CITY -- Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically preach the good news of hope, Pope Francis wrote in the homily he prepared for the...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
• Road to Emmaus
In the Gospel for the afternoon Mass on Easter Sunday, we hear St. Luke’s account of the two disciples encountering the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus. At first the...