SAO PAULO, Brazil – The Brazilians stood quietly in a line, waiting for the nuns at the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of Light to open the door and start handing out “Frei Galvao’s pills.”Read More

The brotherhood continues.Read More

ATLANTA – In a presentation at a Jewish academy in Atlanta, a U.S. senator and an archbishop spoke about the role of faith in public life, how it shapes their outlook on public service and how faith should inform but not dictate a politician’s position. The keynote speakers, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Atlanta Archbishop...Read More

CHICAGO – A Chicago archdiocesan priest who teaches systematic theology and is a well-known homilist with a popular evangelization website and radio program is now launching a weekly national program on a commercial TV network.Read More

DUBLIN, Ireland – Christian leaders in Northern Ireland have encouraged citizens to pray for the success of the region’s fledgling Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government. Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh issued a statement with the heads of the Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist churches, calling May 8 a “historic day” when enemies joined together to form the power-sharing...Read More

Danielle Beard was just a nervous Archbishop Spalding High School freshman trying to make an impression three years ago.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Renewing their own spirituality and carefully studying the needs of others, women religious will be able to live the Gospel message and bring hope to the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. The pope, meeting May 7 with almost 800 superiors of women’s congregations, asked the religious to follow the biblical example of...Read More

VATICAN CITY – Even though the Vatican Library is opening its doors after a three-year major renovation, most of the general public will never get a chance to walk down the frescoed halls of the pope’s library.Read More