NEW YORK – Celebrating Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Benedict XVI urged the Catholic Church in the United States to move past divisions and scandal toward a “new sense of unity and purpose.”Read More

NEW YORK – In a brief, movingly simple visit to a New York synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his respect for the city’s Jewish community and encouraged the building of “bridges of friendship” between religions.Read More

UNITED NATIONS – Here is the Vatican’s English text of Pope Benedict XVI’s address to the United Nations’ General Assembly April 18. He spoke in French and English.Read More

WASHINGTON – After Pope Benedict XVI addressed about 200 interreligious leaders at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington April 17, the scripted encounter with the pope turned into something resembling a town-hall meeting.Read More

Hoping that it doesn’t rain, construction attorney Lou Kozlakowski will exchange his business suit and briefcase April 26 for jeans, T-shirt, work boots and a tool box as he heads off to one of Baltimore City’s lower-income neighborhoods to help a family in need.Read More

Fifteen minutes before he left for the drive to Washington, D.C., to see the pope April 15, Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien heard these words: “Gegrüßet seist du, Maria, voll der Gnade, der Herr ist mit dir …”Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. bishops presented Pope Benedict XVI with a birthday gift from Catholics across the country – a check for $870,000 to support his charitable works.Read More

PEOSTA, Iowa – For the craftsmen and artisans at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, a relatively new ministry has expanded into a new state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot factory, almost five times larger than their previous facility.Read More