MILLTOWN — The Saint Mark's girls lacrosse team saw its four-goal halftime cushion disappear against Padua on March 29, eventually falling behind the Pandas. But the Spartans rallied for a 9-8 victory in their home opener.
The Spartans ended the first half...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — St. Elizabeth fell behind Ursuline, 3-0, in the first inning of their game March 29. But the Vikings stormed back, batting around twice en route to a 20-5 win in six innings at the Talleyville Girls...
ROME -- With Italy already facing a diminishing population, low birth rates and fewer religious and civil marriages, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted those numbers for 2020, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.
In fact, it said, Italy...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay of Brooklyn, the first U.S. priest to die from complications of COVID-19, was recalled as "a good and saintly priest" by his bishop during a bilingual Mass marking the first anniversary of his...
CLEVELAND -- Leaders from three national Catholic organizations want the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's current eviction moratorium to continue for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Writing March 26 to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, the leaders said...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a March 25 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's COVID-19 pandemic limits on attendance at houses of worship -- set at 25% capacity or 250 worshippers,...
YANGON, Myanmar -- While Catholics in Myanmar observed Palm Sunday, many in the Buddhist-majority country were crying at the funerals of more than 100 people killed the previous day.
At least 114 people were killed by security forces March 27,...
Mark J. Record, the former principal of Most Blessed Sacrament and St. Francis de Sales schools in the Diocese of Wilmington, died March 26 at home. He was 67.
Record graduated from Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and Edinboro...
Catechists from around the Diocese of Wilmington gathered virtually on March 20 for their annual conference, back after a one-year hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. They heard from pastoral ministry consultant Dr. Robert McCarty ways to get others...
PALENQUE, Mexico -- The Mexican bishops' migrant ministry says people are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with illusions of easily entering the United States, but they risk being returned to Mexico under rules for expelling people rapidly during the...