LONDON – A group of major world powers is failing to bring peace to the Holy Land, said a report by aid agencies and human rights groups.Read More

WASHINGTON – One of the “countersigns to the Gospel of life” in the United States is the sexual abuse of minors, a situation “that causes deep shame,” Pope Benedict XVI told about 300 U.S. bishops gathered April 16 in the crypt church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.Read More

Susan Skiles, a parishioner of St. Bernardine, Baltimore, and St. Bartholomew, Manchester, has published a children’s book, “The Lamplighter,” the first in a planned series of 10 “Tell Me Nana Books” targeted for ages 2-10. With the aim to encourage children to treat others with kindness and compassion, the story offers fresh ideas on challenging...Read More

NEW YORK – Lidia Matticchio Bastianich has cooked for her fair share of VIPs, including first lady Laura Bush and the presidents of Japan and Chile. Nothing, however, comes close to cooking for Pope Benedict XVI.Read More

Renounce your Catholic faith, his boss said, and convert to Muslim. James Okeny refused, and lost his job as a result.Read More

For someone who relished the great outdoors, the late Pope John Paul II would certainly be pleased with the outdoor prayer garden that is being carved out of the corner of Charles and Franklin streets in downtown Baltimore.Read More

A movement that had a modest start in Texas four years ago is being utilized by the Archdiocese of Baltimore to advance its Respect Life program.Read More

PITTSBURGH – In America and the world today, many people perceive religion and intellectual life as adversaries, but a major task of a Catholic university is to counteract this view by revealing the depth and riches of the Catholic intellectual tradition, according to Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago.Read More