WASHINGTON - Washingtonians and visitors to the nation's capital will have opportunities to greet Pope Benedict XVI during his April 15-17 visit to Washington.Read More
VATICAN CITY – People speculating on what Pope Benedict XVI will say in the United States in April would do well to look at what he said at the Vatican on Palm Sunday.Read More
NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to New York, with all of its special events, needs to run as efficiently as the helicopter that carries him from John F. Kennedy International Airport into Manhattan.Read More
Trinity School, Ellicott City, has announced the appointment of Stephen Wilson as the first full-time head of the middle school, commencing July 1.Read More
Religious, scientific and relief workers assembled March 7 at Catholic Relief Services’ Baltimore headquarters to mark two milestones in treating the worldwide AIDS epidemic.Read More
TABGHA, Israel – As the two hikers reach the parking lot of the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, a group of tourists scrambles into their waiting air-conditioned bus.Read More
NEW YORK – Although security will be tight and tickets limited by the size of the venues that will host Pope Benedict XVI, careful arrangements have been made to allow him to interact with as many New Yorkers as possible during the visit, said Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York.Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – For Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy in Manassas, Va., changing the law to allow same-sex marriage means changing one of the fundamental building blocks of society.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI wanted the voice of today’s living martyrs, especially Catholics in China, to be heard at the Way of the Cross, said the author of this year’s meditations.Read More
SPOKANE, Wash. – Jesuit Father Robert J. Spitzer, president of Gonzaga University, announced March 17 that he plans to leave his post in July 2009 and will work with the school’s board of trustees to initiate a transition in leadership at the Jesuit-run university.Read More
It was amazing how a sea of more than 500 females standing outside The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore, could stay so quiet and still. Yet the hush was understandable, given the emotional outpouring of words sinking into their hearts as fellow classmates spoke about two students fighting cancer and their campus minister who died...Read More
The Religious Scout Retreat planned for May 2-4 at Camp Spencer - Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation will combine Catholic, Protestant and Jewish Scouts. The theme will be "Caretakers of God's Creations," which will impress upon Scouts of all faiths the responsibility of the human race for caring for the world.Read More