WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. – In late July, carloads of curious Catholics caravanned north from their church to a mosque in the next county. Three dozen Catholics who regularly attend Mass at the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement’s Graymoor Spiritual Life Center in Garrison accepted a Muslim visitor’s invitation to attend services at Masjid Al-Noor, his...Read More

WASHINGTON – Even as the death rate slowed in central Haiti a week after the first cases of cholera were reported, a multinational medical response boosted efforts to limit the spread of the disease in the poverty-stricken country.Read More

The Baltimore-based Xaverian Brothers have elected Brother Lawrence Harvey, C.F.X., to serve as the new general superior of the worldwide religious community, known formally as the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier.Read More

WASHINGTON – A “Walk of Tears” to remember and honor the victims of clergy sexual abuse in Alaska has spawned two other events to remember victims.Read More

Baltimore native Sister Mary Zephyrine Ustaszewski, C.S.S.F., 93, was among five Felician Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Lodi, N.J., to recently celebrate her diamond jubilee of religious life.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named 24 new cardinals, including two from the United States: Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest tribunal, and Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.Read More

Cassidy Vogel enjoyed a firsthand glimpse of colorful poisonous frogs, exotic birds and other rainforest creatures during a two-week visit to Costa Rica this June.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The enthusiastic exchange of calling cards and making sure caterers provided kosher and halal food are small yet critical signs of a successful interfaith conference.Read More