VATICAN CITY – Vatican City is the world’s smallest state, but it’s still considered a diplomatic nerve center, a place where the universal church meets global politics.Read More

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam of the war-torn Diocese of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka has joined 300 Christian and Hindu hunger strikers urging action to protect civilians caught in the ethnic conflict.Read More

WASHINGTON – Imagine being able to write a movie about something that you were a part of, even if it was just a little bit.Read More

We greet Black History Month 2009 celebrating the 20th anniversary of The National Day of Prayer for the African-American Family with new hope and the blessed assurance that “we’ve got something to celebrate.”Read More

VATICAN CITY – A newly restored third-century family tomb shows the gradual flowering of Christian funerary art as it grew out of ancient Rome’s multireligious and pagan cultures, said members of a Vatican archaeological commission.Read More

Bundled up in a pink coat and hat, a toddler slept peacefully in her stroller. She was completely unaware that all around her, an estimated 100,000 were participating in the 36th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22.Read More

Relaxing on a beach miles away from his northeast Baltimore alma mater, Ben Turcea is enjoying his newfound free time as a high school graduate, getting some much-deserved rest and relaxation.Read More

WASHINGTON – Two days after millions of Americans converged on the National Mall in Washington to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, tens of thousands of sign-carrying citizens marched, chanted, sang and shouted in the same spot, loud enough – they hoped – for the nation’s new leader to hear their plea to outlaw...Read More