The new Nationals Park in Washington, D. C., officially opened March 30. By the time Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the first “green” major league baseball stadium in the United States, the smell of peanuts and Crackerjacks will have permeated the air for only seven Washington Nationals home games.Read More

She has been the president and principal of Baltimore’s Mercy High School for 31 years, and may have held such a position longer than anyone else in Catholic secondary education. But, Sister Carol Wheeler R.S.M., somehow retains the creative energy, freshness and vision she had when she came to the newly opened Mercy as a...Read More

As a resident on a limited income at Catholic Charities’ Basilica Place Apartments Senior Housing facility in Baltimore, 73-year-old Herb Johnson doesn’t have a lot of change to spare.Read More

As a child, Wesley Cianchette of Baldwin dealt with severe asthma, and a host of environmental components could trigger attacks that left him breathless.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square to mark the third anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death remembered him as a man of peace and a pastoral father who inspired a whole generation of young people around the world.Read More

This week finds me away from Baltimore and enjoying, absorbing the spiritual grandeur of Rome, the world’s Eternal City.Read More

NEW YORK – Performing for a papal event is not just another gig, even for those whose names are usually rendered in boldface type.Read More

WASHINGTON – A quest for a common morality in the world’s diverse cultures can begin with a mother’s smile and her child’s play, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Venice, Italy, said March 27 as The Catholic University of America opened a four-day international symposium, “A Common Morality for the Global Age.”Read More