WASHINGTON – Leaders representing 59,000 women religious are questioning what they say is a lack of full disclosure about what is motivating the Vatican’s apostolic visitation that will study the contemporary practices of U.S. women’s religious orders.Read More

WASHINGTON – The bishop of Belleville, Ill., whose finance council went to the Vatican with concerns about the source of money he used to purchase some vestments, has said he will ensure that the expenditures are covered from unrestricted funds.Read More

Saying it will strengthen the athletic program at Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington, school leaders officially kicked off a $10.5 million capital campaign Jan. 11. Money raised from the effort will support the construction of a 1,000-seat stadium with a press box, a track and turf field, the refurbishment of the existing gymnasium,...Read More

While Catholics are normally obligated to attend Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they are not required to do so this year because the Aug. 15 feast falls on a Saturday.Read More

Collecting and recycling drink pouches, planting bay grasses and installing organic gardens are just some of the myriad activities Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have engaged in as they “go green.”Read More

WASHINGTON – Now in its 35th year, the March for Life has accumulated a variety of events associated with it. Some events draw big names. Others draw big crowds.Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien appointed Father Jeffrey S. Dauses as the new rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, effective Feb. 1.Read More

Two hundred years after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton arrived in Emmitsburg to found a ministry of education, hundreds of Catholics will commemorate her entry into town as they witness a live Aug. 2 reenactment complete with a horse-drawn Conestoga Wagon. The special event is one of the highlights of a weekend of bicentennial celebrations July...Read More