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High school basketball teams up and down the state are busy trying to get their regular-season games in as they start looking forward to the state tournament. This week includes a few games that could be previews of what...
WILMINGTON — The number three was a magic number for Ursuline in the Raiders’ game at Conrad on Feb. 13, but unfortunately for them, the number 23 was even more magic. That’s the uniform number of Red Wolves center...
Catholics who want their voices heard in Maryland have found their landing page. The Maryland Catholic Conference is making it easy for Catholics Feb. 16 to be a voice for hope and justice at Catholic Advocacy Day 2021. Join Catholics...
WILMINGTON — Padua’s basketball team had managed a few close calls in its first nine games this season, including a one-point heartbreaker at Wilmington Friends, and on Feb. 12 the Pandas finally broke through. They connected on nine three-point...
WASHINGTON -- After the Supreme Court blocked the execution of an Alabama man because it ruled his pastor should be allowed to be with him, the state canceled the execution. In a divided midnight vote Feb. 11, the justices upheld...
NEW YORK  -- A former seminarian's lawsuit filed against the New York Archdiocese, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Pontifical North American College officials and several "John Does" over him not being allowed to return to the NAC is...
Last year's Lent felt as if it never ended. There was not the usual release and elation of Easter as I watched from my laptop at home, instead of with my church family. Ordinary Time stretched out beyond summer...
I was in the town of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. With a backdrop of two volcanic mountains and facing one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, it was a picturesque place. It was also where, in 1981, Father...
MANILA, Philippines -- An archdiocese in the Philippines will allow churchgoers to distribute ashes among family members at home to mark the beginning of Lent Feb. 17. Ucanews.com reported the Cebu Archdiocese in the central Philippines released a prayer guide...
Jon M. Sweeney has combined his love for cats with his affinity for Catholicism and knack for writing into a series of books for children about a pope and the cat he rescues and keeps as a pet in...