VATICAN CITY – The pope is one of the most respected and admired figures in the world, and millions of people watch or attend his many public and televised events throughout the year.Read More
SEATTLE – A Catholic woman who has provided a safe haven for child victims of ethnic strife in Burundi has received the $1 million Opus Prize, billed as the world’s largest humanitarian award for social innovation.Read More
EDINBURGH, Scotland – A Scottish cardinal has resigned as president of a Catholic adoption agency that will comply with British law and consider same-sex couples as parents.Read More
DAMASCUS, Syria – Sawsan Hussin was worried about her son Mustafa. The 10-year-old had brought the horror of Iraq with him when the family fled to Syria. He had nightmares and would cower at the slightest noise, his hands over his ears. Mrs. Hussin knew he needed help, but as the refugee family’s savings ran...Read More
SEATTLE – The Catholic bishops of Washington state have asked Gov. Christine Gregoire to commute the death sentence for Darold Stenson and give him life imprisonment without parole.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Interreligious dialogue can and must be about the cultural consequences of one’s faith, not about the basic fundamentals of one’s religious convictions, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
DAMASCUS, Syria – Refugees from Iraq are not going home any time soon, despite Iraqi government enticements, say church officials and others who work with the exiles in the Middle East.Read More
Six years ago, a mother in a remote corner of China laid her baby along a roadside and walked away. Suffering from a cleft palate and unable to nurse, the little girl was left alone for an unknown period of time before a passerby discovered the starving child and took her to an orphanage filled...Read More
Father Carl F. Cummings and Susan Banks couldn’t contain their glee. The pastor of Catonsville’s St. Agnes and its elementary school principal watched as the eighth grade girls’ basketball team became the first group to use the new $4 million parish center.Read More
Media outlets enjoy feedback – especially when it sheds light on a subject. In the Oct. 23 issue of The Catholic Review, a tribute to the School Sisters of Notre Dame included a photo of an unidentified member of the order. The day after publication, an e-mail arrived from Gerard A. Kreft, a parishioner of...Read More
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 24 that a lawsuit can move forward against the Vatican involving three men who claimed to have been sexually abused when they were children by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky.Read More