JINOTEGA, Nicaragua – Many people know her simply as “the tortilla lady.”Read More

Brother Frank J. O’Donnell, S.M. was scared the first time he conducted a Scripture study for a group of men serving life terms at the Maryland Correctional Institute in Jessup.Read More

Kathleen Beres recalls all too well holding her face on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, as the spaceship Challenger exploded 18 miles up in the cold blue sky. The rocket spat unwanted fireworks above a crowd witnessing the tragedy. The Catholic High School of Baltimore alumna watched from the outdoors VIP area near where...Read More

The Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA) will distribute a DVD called “Climate Change: Our Faith Response” to all 27 Catholic dioceses in the Appalachian region.Read More

ST. LOUIS – Educators nationwide continue to debate the best way to educate middle-school students – in a single school for kindergarten through eighth grade or a separate middle school.Read More

CHICAGO – St. Monica Catholic Academy in Chicago looks like plenty of other Catholic schools: clean and neat, with lots of student-created artwork on the walls.Read More

VATICAN CITY – A Chinese bishop said he had mixed feelings about attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing because of the government’s continuing mistreatment and mistrust of the Catholic Church.Read More

DENVER – The summary of faith contained in the Nicene Creed makes clear that “the Maker of heaven and earth is still in business” and values creation “for its own sake,” Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson told a gathering of leaders of men’s and women’s religious orders.Read More