VATICAN CITY – Understanding the roots of past conflicts can help Catholics and Mennonites heal their relationship and move toward a common witness of faith in Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

CLARKSVILLE – St. Louis School principal Terry Weiss looked out over a crowd of hundreds of people inside St. Louis Church April 28. Relief took over.Read More

VATICAN CITY – U.S. Cardinal-designate John P. Foley, a Philadelphia native, was standing in the middle of St. Peter’s Square among a sea of 30,000 pilgrims when Pope Benedict XVI named him a cardinal. Though he knew the previous day heRead More

NEW ORLEANS – Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille and an international voice against the death penalty, urged educators at the National Catholic Educational Association convention April 27 to approach the issue in bold new ways with students who are increasingly opposed to capital punishment.Read More

As a chaplain for the Baltimore City Fire Department, Father Ross M. Syracuse, O.F.M. Conv., has seen firsthand the deadly results of fires in city homes.Read More

WASHINGTON – During the April 27 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, speakers paid tribute to the soon-to-be-beatified Pope John Paul II and urged Catholic participants to continue his legacy of defending religious liberty and human dignity.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Human beings, including embryos, must never be manipulated or exploited for scientific and medical research, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

VATICAN CITY – From the outside, they looked like large blocks of red clay, but hidden within were the contours of Pope John Paul II, waiting for 660 pounds of molten bronze to be poured inside and to become a statue.Read More