With the fall sports finally a memory, all attention turns to the winter competition. Basketball heats up and features the usual pre-holiday tournaments, with some good in-state games mixed in. The wrestling calendar includes two of the area’s biggest...
LEWES — It’s the Nativity story with a twist.
Children told the Christmas story during the annual “Darkness into Light” pageant at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church on Dec. 11.
The annual pageant returned this year after a two-year absence....
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful twisters in U.S. history that leveled the city of 10,000 in western Kentucky overnight Dec. 10.
The...
VATICAN CITY -- Festive music, dancing and prayers in honor of Mary echoed through St. Peter's Square as hundreds gathered to commemorate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The sounds of Mexican mariachi brought much needed warmth on a...
VATICAN CITY -- With Christmas just over a week away, Christians should prepare for Jesus' birth by serving those in need rather than focusing on what awaits them under the Christmas tree, Pope Francis said.
"We are so busy with...
NEWARK — The St. Elizabeth football team took an early lead, but turnovers and a strong running game for Laurel proved decisive in a 28-14 Bulldogs victory in the DIAA Class 1A football state championship on Dec. 11 at...
NEWARK – Archmere fell into a 10-0 halftime hole in the DIAA Class 2A football semifinal last week against Delaware Military Academy. The Auks made sure that did not happen in the final against Woodbridge on Dec. 11 at...
WASHINGTON -- The observance of U.N. Human Rights Day Dec. 10 brought to the fore past statements from two Catholic groups, pointing out that needs identified in the past have yet to be addressed.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Dec. 10 that clinics can continue to challenge a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy but in the meantime the law would remain in effect.
Eight justices said the...
A brain-screening program introduced in three schools in the Diocese of Wilmington last spring has been expanded to include nine schools and will eventually be available to students at every school in the diocese.
Baseline testing by the Mid-Atlantic Concussion...