In the March 16 issue of The Baltimore Sun, there was an article by Leonard Pitts Jr. about a new study – the American Religious Identification survey, conducted by researchers at Trinity College of Hartford, Conn. “The poll of more than 54,000 American adults found a sharp erosion in the number of people claiming religious...Read More

WASHINGTON – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s greetings to the Jewish community for Passover (Pesach); his remarks were read at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center April 17.Read More

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Mary Ann Glendon, a professor at Harvard Law School who recently stepped down as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal at commencement ceremonies May 17.Read More

WASHINGTON – St. Louis residents Charles and Shirley Drury planned what they wanted to say to Pope Benedict XVI weeks before their April 16 meeting with him in Washington, but when the moment arrived, the gregarious couple found themselves tongue-tied.Read More

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Celebrating Mass with more than 40,000 Catholics in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI urged African families to reject the “tyranny of materialism” and other social changes that risk eroding the continent’s traditional values.Read More

WASHINGTON – Thousands of Americans – not all of them Catholic – filled the South Lawn of the White House for the April 16 arrival ceremony welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House.Read More

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration that distribution of condoms only increases the problem of AIDS is the latest and one of the strongest statements in a simmering debate inside the church.Read More

Father Martin S. Nocchi thinks every year the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House remains open is just as important as the 45th anniversary the facility is now celebrating.Read More