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

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

I’ve always been touched that the first words the risen Lord spoke to the Apostles in the upper room were: “Shalom! Peace!” In my humanness my first words might have been something like: “Hey, where were you guys? Weren’t you the ones who said you would stay with me, even if it meant dying with...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

Michael Smith, who grew up in Cherry Hill, always wanted a career in medicine, but first he had to resist the call of the corner that claims so many young black men.Read More

Everyone has a grandma at St. Katharine School in Baltimore and her name is Edwinia Tobias. That’s the loving nickname used by children and faculty alike for their 85-year-old school nurse who has been volunteering fulltime for more than a decade at the Queen of Peace Cluster school.Read More