The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, despite strong opposition from the state's Catholic bishops.
The bishops are now calling on all Catholics to contact their state senators and urge them...
VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state since early in the pontificate of Pope Francis, has long been near the top of pundits' lists of potential successors to the Argentine pope.
As secretary of state, the 70-year-old...
Bishop William E. Koenig and the Diocese of Wilmington Catholic Schools Office recognized a group of high school seniors April 30 with the 2025 St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation.
The Saint Francis de Sales Award Medal was cast in...
Scripture readings for May 4, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Rv 5:11-14 Jn 21:1-19 OR John 21:1-14
After Easter, what do we do?
Or, to put it another way, what difference does the...
WILMINGTON — A late goal from Lillian O’Brien was the difference as Caravel defeated Padua, 2-1, in an entertaining soccer game on April 30 at Abessinio Stadium.
The annual meeting between the traditional Division I and Division II powers has...
ROME -- Members of the College of Cardinals had a chance to take a quick bus tour through Rome on their way to visit the tomb of Pope Francis, who wanted to be buried in a Marian basilica three...
VATICAN CITY -- Here is a list of the U.S. cardinals who are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to elect a new pope:
-- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, retired prefect of the...
VATICAN CITY -- The conclave that begins May 7 is expected to be the largest in history, with a wide geographical mix of cardinal-electors.
There are 135 cardinals under the age of 80 and eligible to vote in a papal...
VATICAN CITY -- The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican announced.
The cardinals will first celebrate the "Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff"...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.
He was elected at the age of 76, which seemed counterintuitive after what Pope Benedict...