DENVER – The Democratic Party has made a concerted effort to court faith-based voters and party officials are happy to see religion come out of the closet at the Democratic National Convention.Read More

Father Thomas T. Polk, a priest who threw himself into urban ministry and later led a fast-growing parish in Frederick County, died Nov. 10 after battling dementia for several years. He was 69.Read More

“Archbishop calls on Catholics to embrace evolving church” (CR, Oct. 28) quotes Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as saying that xenophobia exists in “some of our own Catholic people.” That may be true, but he should avoid characterizing as xenophobic the vast majority of people who oppose illegal immigration. To do so is unfair and uncharitable....Read More

In my column last week, “Shall We Dance?” I wrote about the just and necessary role that laws play in our lives. From the Ten Commandments to the moral teachings of our Catholic faith, we are better, our society is better, I suggested, for having divine guidance in these matters. I then posed the question:...Read More

Moving testimonies from a formerly incarcerated woman, a 70-year-old woman whose mobile home park is closing, an immigrant trying to make a better life for himself in the U.S. and a young person trying to help her peers improve their communities were the main feature of the annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development luncheon Aug....Read More

An incredibly rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, one of the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia in the world, brought an unexpected blessing to the School Sisters of Notre Dame based in Baltimore Nov. 4, when it sold to an unspecified bidder for $262,900 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.Read More

MONTREAL - Olympic Stadium, usually home to football games and trade shows, was converted into the largest place of worship in the country as Canadians celebrated their newest saint.Read More

PEDRO BETANCOURT, Cuba – As a summer afternoon rainstorm brewed, nearly two dozen Cubans gathered on a friend’s covered porch to celebrate Mass.Read More