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WASHINGTON -- The 10th annual "9 Days for Life" novena, sponsored by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, takes place this year from Jan. 19 to Jan. 27. Catholics nationwide are invited to take part in this novena for...
Legislators in Delaware are again attempting to approve legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state. House Bill 140 will be the topic of discussion Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. in a virtual hearing before the House Human Development...
"Blessed are they who mourn," Jesus tells us in the second beatitude delivered at his Sermon on the Mount, "for they will be comforted" (Mt 5:4). So what is comfort? And who offers that comfort? As a parish music and liturgy...
Five million people across the world are dead from a pandemic. Millions more have suffered economic devastation. Social systems that seemed stable now feel precarious. This is a worldwide collective experience of sorrow, combined with billions of families experiencing a...
Physician-assisted suicide legislation is once again before the Delaware General Assembly. House Bill 140 “The Ron Silverio/Heather Block End of Life Options Law” is expected to be considered by the Health and Human Development Committee of the Delaware House of...
More than 70 people took part in the Delaware March for Life in Dover on Thursday, Jan. 13, to advocate for the protection of the unborn and the vulnerable. Hosted by Delaware Right to Life, among the participants were...
WILMINGTON — Caravel bounced back from a seven-point deficit in the third quarter to take a three-point lead over St. Elizabeth when the two met in a highly anticipated girls basketball matchup on Jan. 13. The Vikings, however, held...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Jan. 13 blocked a rule by the Biden administration that would have required employees at large businesses to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or wear masks and get tested...
TRENTON, N.J. -- In a joint statement Jan. 11, New Jersey's Catholic bishops unequivocally condemned the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act, an expansive abortion bill they said was passed with extraordinary haste by the state Senate and General Assembly...
VATICAN CITY -- Those who are stubbornly skeptical of science and those who eagerly embrace science as infallible both have a dangerous misunderstanding of the nature of science, a U.S. Jesuit astronomer said. These two tendencies reflect "the temptation to...