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HOCKESSIN — The top-ranked Padua Pandas found themselves trailing in a soccer match for the first time since March 30 in their soccer showdown with No. 2 Appoquinimink on May 3. The Pandas responded, however, on the strength of...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum scored five runs in the fourth inning to take control on the way to a 9-4 win on May 3 at Canby Park. The Sals trailed, 2-1, after three innings, but they got right to work against...
When a bishop leaves office, as Bishop Malooly has done in the Diocese of Wilmington, the Vatican acts so there is no leadership void before the new bishop is installed. In this case, Bishop Malooly has been appointed the...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics in public life. It emphasizes that "those who reject the teaching of the church on the sanctity...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Driving into Colorado Springs from Grand Island, Nebraska, for his introduction to the diocese, Bishop-designate James R. Golka was struck by the beauty of the Rocky Mountains that towered above. But what he felt even more...
VATICAN CITY -- With an ongoing military crackdown and political upheaval in Myanmar, Pope Francis called for prayers for peace and reconciliation in the country. After reciting the "Regina Coeli" prayer with visitors in St. Peter's Square May 2, the...
FATIMA, Portugal -- Being an altar server should be a "profession of faith" to the entire parish community, Pope Francis told young men and women participating in Portugal's annual altar server pilgrimage to Fatima. "Don't follow negative people but radiate...
Armed with blessings and prayers, they have marched each Friday morning since April 9 at Planned Parenthood in Dover.  Their mission: To tear down — figuratively — the “walls of Jericho.” Members of the Pro-Life Committee of the Parish of St....
A year of high school athletics that began with so much uncertainty begins its final month, with all spring state champions scheduled to be crowned within the next 30 days. For some schools, this week is as busy as...
"Stand up," my husband nudged me. I gritted my teeth and stood in my pew. It was Mother's Day, the annual "blessing of all the mothers" at the end of Mass, and it made me nauseous. "We bless all of you...