WESTFIELD, N.J. – The phone rang. Diane Starita held her breath and sank to the floor at her home in Westfield.Read More

WASHINGTON – The tumultuous applause that greeted Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of the April 17 Mass in Nationals Park was indicative of the excitement of the faithful at attending the first public U.S. Mass celebrated by the pope, who is concluding his third year as pontiff.Read More

WASHINGTON – In a meeting at the White House, Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush discussed the problem of terrorism and how to confront it while respecting human rights.Read More

NEW YORK – Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York termed Scotland’s decision to release Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, “a sad and perplexing mistake.”Read More

A 59-year-old parishioner of Holy Trinity in Glen Burnie was killed in a hit-and-run traffic crash as she was preparing to cross the street to attend the 7 p.m. Mass Aug. 22 at her parish.Read More

WASHINGTON – Converting a baseball stadium into a cathedral for a day has been a monumental task. “We’re doing everything possible to turn the stadium into a holy and beautiful place,” Father Mark Knestout, director of the Archdiocese of Washington’s Office of Worship, told the Catholic Standard, the archdiocesan newspaper.Read More

HOUSTON – As the 23 bells of the campanile at the new Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston called forth the faithful for its Mass of dedication, the special choir gathered for the occasion sang “The Church’s One Foundation.”Read More

It wasn't uncommon for the late Bishop P. Francis Murphy to repeat a person's first name several times in a short conversation. It wasn't mere artifice. The personal touch was the western vicar's way of making a connection and genuinely trying to listen to what a person had to say.Read More