Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien delivered sobering statistics of declining enrollment in Catholic schools Feb. 10 and 12 during consultation meetings with parish priests, school principals and administrators at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia.Read More

LINZ, Austria – Bishop-designate Gerhard Wagner said he would ask Pope Benedict XVI to withdraw his nomination as auxiliary bishop of Linz “given the fierce criticism” of his appointment.Read More

VATICAN CITY – While it may be “a nearly invisible dot on the world map,” the Vatican plays an enormous role in fostering world peace, solidarity and hope, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

WASHINGTON – Beverly Eckert, a victim of the Feb. 12 plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., was en route to present a scholarship award in honor of her late husband at Jesuit-run Canisius High School in Buffalo.Read More

BRAINTREE, Mass. – A staff reporter with The Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese, will be deployed to Iraq to serve with the U.S. Army, and his mission will be to chronicle the lives and day-to-day experiences of a unit of soldiers over the next year.Read More

For the first time in Baltimore, the ecumenical community will host a “Pilgrimage of Trust” weekend Feb. 27-28 featuring talks by Brother John of the Taizé community in France.Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. – The presidency of Abraham Lincoln can be placed in the context of the Eight Beatitudes, according to Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington.Read More

At St. John’s Catholic Prep School, students star in a film with a modern-day take on Lenten sacrifice. Simon, the top earner at a financial company, sacrifices his job so a co-worker with five children can keep his in the film, shot at the Frederick school.Read More