PALA, Calif. – If parishioners at Mission San Antonio de Pala seem to have a sunny disposition these days, perhaps it’s because for the first time since the old mission’s founding in 1816 much of its electricity is coming from solar power.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Meeting with the Italian police who ensure his security when he is outside the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said humanity will struggle to see itself as one family unless people believe in God and recognize all were created by him.Read More

WASHINGTON – Members of the Survivors’ Network of those Abused by Priests are calling for Cardinal Bernard F. Law’s retirement and subsequent removal from eight Vatican congregations before the pope’s visit to the United States in April.Read More

Jesse Lawrence was a high school freshman when his sled went over a retaining wall that was several feet high. The impact crushed his foot, breaking numerous bones, said his mother, Sharon, and some bones were “dusted,” meaning they just weren’t there any more.Read More

Hundreds of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be among the more than 100,000 people expected to converge on Washington, D.C. for the 35th annual March for Life Jan. 22.Read More

As the congregations of St. Peter the Apostle, St. Martin and St. Jerome churches in West Baltimore prepare to unite as one in February, they will celebrate a final weekend Mass in their respective houses of worship Jan. 26 and 27.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI condemned the latest attacks on Christian churches in Iraq and urged a return to peaceful coexistence among the country’s diverse groups.Read More

VATICAN CITY – In an apparent rebuke to Rome government officials, Pope Benedict XVI criticized what he called “very serious degradation” in areas of the city and the surrounding region.Read More