ROME – Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community to combat the causes of hunger, saying starvation and malnutrition were unacceptable in a world that can produce plenty to eat.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Shroud of Turin, revered by many as the burial cloth of Christ, will be displayed to the public for the first time in a decade in 2010.Read More
Michael R. Smith (CR, Sept. 17) “Would someone please explain to me why my daughter is watching a speech, during her school day, delivered by a pro-choice president?”Read More
ST. LOUIS – When Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis ordained nine men to the priesthood for the archdiocese May 24, it was the largest ordination class for the archdiocese since 1987.Read More
Although I have visited all our parishes – however briefly in most cases – and a couple of dozen elementary schools to date, I’ve managed so far only a handful of high schools. In celebrating Mass for the students at Mount St. Joseph, Archbishop Curley and Calvert Hall, I have come to realize that the...Read More
WASHINGTON – Speaking at the 56th annual Red Mass in the nation’s capital, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said today’s followers of Christ must allow God’s word to abide in their hearts and, guided by the Holy Spirit, they must show God’s justice in the world.Read More
CUMBERLAND – When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien visited Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland soon after his Oct. 1 installation, he challenged students and faculty to come up with ways of raising awareness about vocations to the religious life.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court opens its 2009 term Oct. 5 with a new justice and cases dealing with at least one religious rights issue – about a cross on a war memorial in a federal preserve – and other cases about the circumstances leading to deportation, about an immigrant in detention being denied medical...Read More
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has defended its response to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests, saying that the church had been “cleaning its own house” and that other religions and institutions were similarly tainted.Read More