This editorial "Don't forget to pray for our bishops as they meet in Baltimore" published online Nov. 2 by Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic newsweekly based in Huntington, Indiana. It was written by the editorial board.
For the first...
WASHINGTON — More than 4,200 allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and others were reported during the year ending June 30, 2020, a slight decline from the previous auditing period, according to a report on diocesan...
The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales have had a long, distinguished history of service in the Diocese of Wilmington, and a new program allows people to support the priests and brothers who have made that history possible.
“Adopt a...
WILMINGTON — The seventh-seeded Archmere soccer team opened the first round of the DIAA Division II soccer tournament against the No. 10 Sussex Academy on Nov. 9, and the game almost lasted until the 10th. Eighty minutes wasn't enough,...
WILMINGTON — A partnership a few years in the making has paid dividends already for Serviam Girls Academy. The tuition-free school for fifth- through eighth-graders will receive $250,000 over the next four years as one of two anchor schools...
MILLTOWN — The DIAA volleyball tournament bracket said this wasn’t supposed to be very close. Ursuline was the 14th seed, while Wilmington Friends checked in at No. 6. But the Raiders’ game improved steadily as the season went along,...
MILLTOWN — Dover's volleyball team had one of its most successful seasons in memory, and the Senators brought the heat to Padua in the teams' DIAA quarterfinal matchup on Nov. 9. The seventh-seeded Senators hung tough, holding a lead...
With marriage and church attendance on a steep decline overall in the United States, Catholic parishes need to make some radical changes in the way they approach marriage ministry and teach the faithful about relationships.
That’s the message of the...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s consideration of spiritual advisers praying aloud with death-row inmates or placing hands on them in prayer during executions faced an uphill battle Nov. 9 as some of the justices questioned if this would open...
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 5 he was "deeply disappointed" by Loyola Marymount University's decision to allow a student group's fundraiser for Planned Parenthood to go forward later the same day despite thousands...