VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked visitors in St. Peter's Square to join him for a moment of silent prayer for migrants, especially those who recently drowned in the English Channel and in the Mediterranean and those who are...
It’s the time of year when fall and winter sports overlap. The football tournament has reached the semifinals in all three classes, while basketball, wrestling, swimming and the other winter sports are getting started on Wednesday.
In football, all three...
NEWARK — Karen Conlin remembers playing basketball for Ursuline Academy in the early 1970s in a uniform better suited for the classroom than the gymnasium. She described it basically as a jumper, with her white button-down school shirt underneath....
WILMINGTON — Salesianum grabbed an early lead against Sussex Central in the teams’ DIAA Class 3A quarterfinal, and it would hold up in a 34-12 Sals victory on Nov. 27 at Abessinio Stdium. The loss ended the Golden Knights’...
CLAYMONT — The last time Archmere and Saint Mark's met on the gridiron, the Spartans were knocking on the door for a win when time ran out. The two teams met again on Nov. 27 in the quarterfinals of...
On Nov. 17, the assembled Catholic bishops of the United States overwhelmingly approved "The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church" by a vote of 222 to 8.
Pope Francis' apostolic nuncio to the U.S., Archbishop Christophe...
What are you waiting for this Christmas? We have spent so much time in the last two years waiting. Waiting fearfully to see if we or a family member will get sick. Waiting for a vaccine shot or a...
As we enter the second week of Advent, things are ramping up in anticipation of Christmas. That means we are well on our way to the greatest celebration of our faith and the hope it brings with it.
But all...
BALTIMORE -- A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 23 at St. Peter Claver Church in West Baltimore for Beverly A. Carroll, a social justice advocate who spent her life raising her voice for African American Catholics in the Archdiocese...
Nearly 18 years ago, Father Jim Trainor died at the age of 69. Some friends of his spent Nov. 19 celebrating his memory at the 16th annual scholarship luncheon that is named in the late priest’s honor. It also...