Delaware
It’s time for our Catholic president to address the church’s sexual abuse scandal
By David Clohessy — May 13, 2021
(RNS) — Here are three steps President Biden can take to stop the suffering.
The Biden Communion stories are stupid
By Thomas Reese — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — The bishops’ conference denying Communion to Biden is about as likely as the National Governors Association impeaching the president.
Rabbi Michael Beals was leading a prayer service. Then Joe Biden showed up.
By Yonat Shimron — August 20, 2020
(RNS) — In a video to air at the Democratic National Convention, Beals recounts the time Biden showed up unannounced at a shiva prayer service for an elderly woman who lived in a subsidized senior citizen high-rise.
Delaware governor to sign first abortion rights bill under Trump
By Reuters — June 7, 2017
(Reuters) As early as the end of this week, Gov. John Carney Jr. could sign the bill that supporters said codifies at the state level provisions of the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision that protects a woman's right to abortion.
When is a priest not a priest? When he’s molesting a child, diocese says in defense of lawsuit
By Mark Mueller — June 4, 2014
(RNS) A lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton told justices that the Rev. Terence McAlinden was not "on duty" -- or serving in his capacity as a priest -- when he allegedly molested Chris Naples on trips to Delaware.
After Rhode Island, is gay marriage ‘inevitable’? Conservatives say no
By Susan Page — May 3, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Rhode Island becomes the 10th state to approve same-sex marriage, a leading opponent blames Hollywood, academia and the mainstream media for the movement.
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