WASHINGTON -- The first day of the virtual fall assembly of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Nov. 16, included discussion about the Vatican report on Theodore McCarrick, the ongoing pandemic and the church's response to racism.
The two-day assembly, which usually...
WASHINGTON -- With the U.S. bishops conducting their annual fall general meeting virtually, the papal nuncio to the United States told them they must join in the "Challenge of Healing the World."
"Here we are gathered, as brothers, but in...
WASHINGTON -- Religious liberty "is fast becoming a disfavored right" in certain quarters in this country, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in a keynote speech to the Federalist Society late Nov. 12.
"It pains me to say this," he...
CLAYMONT — Veterans Day, which was celebrated on Nov. 11, was a special occasion at Archmere Academy, where a former student was honored for his service and for sacrificing his life during World War II before his classmates graduated.
Frank...
WILMINGTON — Bishop Malooly celebrated the annual Mass in honor of St. Martin de Porres at St. Joseph’s Church on French Street in Wilmington on Nov. 15, encouraging those in attendance and those watching at home to use their...
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Nov. 14 that the suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, announced this past summer by the Department of Homeland Security, was invalid because the agency's top official, Chad Wolf, did...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum and Smyrna christened Abessinio Stadium on Nov. 13 with its first event, a 42-30 football win for the Eagles. But the field is just part of the facility. Photographer Don Blake captured some looks at Abessinio...
It’s hard to think of a more difficult time in recent memory to take over as a diocesan Ministry for Black Catholics director, but Brenda Burns is no stranger to new endeavors.
And she wants people to know Black Catholics...
SALT LAKE CITY -- In the historical area of Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a wide swath of grass unmarked by headstones.
The ground beneath the grass does contain graves -- about 575 of them, estimates John Curtice, the cemetery...
VATICAN CITY -- In November, when many Christians say special prayers for their deceased loved ones, chrysanthemums are the flowers seen most often in Italian churches and on Italian graves.
A chrysanthemum is liturgically appropriate, Father Danilo Priori said, not...