ROME – Israeli ambassadors to the Vatican have a tradition of being press-friendly, and Mordechay Lewy is no exception.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called on the universal church to pray that Catholics in China never live in fear of spreading the Gospel message and remain loyal to the Holy See.Read More

Babies cry less when they hear the sound of the harp. That’s not a mothering tip but an observation of nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, on days when harpist Cathy Maglaras wheels in her 12-pound Celtic instrument to strum tenderly in the company of incubated preemies.Read More

For years, Horace Wisniewski faithfully brought Holy Communion to the sick and dying in Dundalk. But after a heart attack slowed him down about a year ago, the roles changed. Now the 90-year-old extraordinary minister of Holy Communion from Sacred Heart of Mary, Graceland Park, relies on others to bring the Eucharist to him.Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien sent the following letter to pastors on May 15.Read More

For Anne Lucido, the complexities of life and death are part of the job – literally. The St. Agnes, Catonsville, parishioner has worked at New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore for 37 years.Read More

WARSAW, Poland – The Catholic Church in Poland is seeking the canonization of a peasant couple shot with their six small children for hiding Jews in their farmhouse during the Holocaust.Read More

CHICAGO – David Heimann’s dream was to spend 365 days in 365 different places, each destination a new opportunity to experience Christ made flesh in our world today.Read More