Christian Jacobs studied the class ring he had received just months ago, identifying him as a member of The Cardinal Gibbons School’s Class of 2011. “It’s for a year we’ll never have,” Jacobs said March 6. “This is a heartbreaker.”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
WARSAW, Poland – The brother of Pope Benedict XVI apologized to child victims of sexual abuse at his former school even though he said he was unaware of the alleged incidents.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
A newly released report by the Sage Policy Group, Inc. has found that Catholic school students in the Archdiocese of Baltimore produce higher test scores, are more likely to graduate and are more likely to attend and graduate from college than their public school counterparts.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
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – To “ensure the financial health” of the Rockville Centre Diocese for the future, the diocese has put in place a strategy to meet a number of fiscal challenges, said Bishop William F. Murphy.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
HIALEAH, Fla. – All they knew about the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba is what they had heard from their parents and grandparents. They knew even less about filming a documentary.Read More
Father Edward J. Bayer, a scholar of moral theology and a former pastor who dedicated his retirement to teaching seminarians in New Guinea, died Feb. 18 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 79.Read More