Although major steps have been taken to help achieve healing and reconciliation with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, much work remains ahead for the U.S. Catholic Church, the chairwoman of the National Review Board told the spring assembly of...
Every 12 months or so, I'll remind my wife that I would like the recessional at my funeral to be "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name." I mentioned this to a friend last week and he said, with some...
WILMINGTON — During the month of June, fifth- and sixth-grade students at Serviam Academy for Girls are speaking through their art at “Through Our Eyes — A Student Retrospective and Showcase.” The exhibit is on display at Grace United...
WASHINGTON -- In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents.
Although the...
Sunday Scripture readings, June 20, 2021, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Jb 38:1, 8-11 Psalm 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31
2) 2 Cor 5:14-17 Gospel: Mk 4:35-41
Our first reading comes from the Book of Job. Job and some friends have been...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Joe Herman, a longtime member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish in Astoria, Oregon, was named after his grandfather, not St. Joseph.
All the same, as a child he had a glow-in-the-dark statue of St....
The U.S. bishops June 16 heard a presentation on a draft document that provides a pastoral framework meant to strengthen marriage and family ministry in parishes and dioceses.
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Conference...
Catholic schools in the Diocese of Wilmington successfully navigated what will certainly be recorded in the history books as a major event of the 21st Century – the COVID-19 pandemic. With gratitude to administrators, counselors, nurses, and teachers for...
WASHINGTON -- The first day of the U.S. bishops' June 16-18 spring assembly, held virtually because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, began with discussion of how to proceed with a major topic the bishops will be taking up: the...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum School has established a scholarship in honor of a late Oblate of St. Francis de Sales that will fund 24 full-need students. The Rev. James P. Byrne, OSFS, Memorial Scholarship is being made possible thanks to...