WILMINGTON — Salesianum School junior Tommy Janton has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events. Janton qualified at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships in Richmond, Va.. The trials will be held June 13-20...
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referenced the Epiphany, St. Francis of Assisi, and also uttered a prayer as the House of Representatives reconvened the night of Jan. 6 to confirm the Electoral College win of President-elect Joseph R....
ROME — In an effort to provide immediate shelter and aid to people living on the street in Rome while also trying to curb the spread of coronavirus, the diocesan Caritas and the Italian Red Cross have started operating...
ROME — The breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 sent shockwaves around the world.
As Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops’ conference tweeted: “I didn’t realize just how much the integrity of and respect for...
WASHINGTON -- Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, putting the building on lockdown and interrupting the count of electoral votes to certify the 2020 election, capping the last days of a tumultuous presidency...
Students in Catholic schools in the Diocese of Wilmington will return to in-person instruction on Jan. 11 as previously planned, superintendent of schools Louis De Angelo said Jan. 6. That was the plan announced in mid-December, when schools closed...
From staff and wire reports
A pro-President Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on the day of certification of Electoral College votes Jan. 6.
Reports of shots fired and people injured have been broadcast on various news networks.
National Guard troops were...
"A baby is God's way of saying the world should go on."
My mother spoke this truth a thousand times while I was growing up. She said it every time we heard news of a friend or relative expecting a...
WASHINGTON -- Father Michael Pfleger, a popular Chicago priest and outspoken advocate against gun violence, gangs, poverty and racism, has stepped aside from his ministry after the Chicago Archdiocese said it received an allegation that the priest had sexually...
Sunday Scripture readings, Jan. 10, 2021: The Baptism of the Lord
1) Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or 55:1-11
Psalm 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Is 12:2-6
2) Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9
Gospel: Mk 1:7-11
We are all called by Christ to be renewed
A new...