VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said the current economic crisis has highlighted the need for European financial institutions to place people at the center of their policies and practices.Read More

For the past year and a half, I have been living/working in Camphill Village in Copake, N.Y. (Camphill Village is a community of people, some with special needs, located on 600 acres of land. The organization is self-sustaining, with a farm, two gardens, and about 10 workshops.)Read More

Leading a discernment retreat for 13 young men considering the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said there is joy to be found in dedicating one’s life to Christ and serving the people of God.Read More

VATICAN CITY – As part of the closing events for the Year for Priests, the Legionaries of Christ hosted top Vatican officials for a conference on the priest as the “image of the Good Shepherd.”Read More

HONOLULU - The gateway to heaven is through the chapel doors at Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu. Or so one could argue after watching the series finale of the ABC-TV show “Lost” in late May. Several key scenes in the last episode were shot at the all-girls Catholic school.Read More

You have to know where to look to see the poor in southern Anne Arundel County, an area better known for rolling horse farms and Washington ex-urbanites.Read More

Dooriya Kane, Elizabeth Lelonek and Grace Kane collected and delivered more than 1,000 books for Sarah’s Hope Shelter and Resource Center. The Girl Scouts are candidates for the Girl Scouts of the United States of America’s “I Live My Faith” religious award, and collecting books was part of their project. Troops from the Perry Hall...Read More

It was one of those beautiful days right after Easter. My friend – and mother of my cats– and I decided to make a pilgrimage to Emmitsburg.Read More