VATICAN CITY – An uptick of violence against Catholic Church workers in the Americas contributed to almost doubling the number of missionaries who were murdered in 2009 compared to the previous year, the Vatican’s Fides agency said.Read More
Yellow leaves are a familiar October sight, and so, too, are the yellow aprons worn by the Knights of Columbus during their annual Tootsie Roll fundraiser.Read More
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s first year in office was packed with major news of interest to the world, but there was much to report about his interactions with faith leaders and on other topics of religious interest.Read More
BERKELEY, Calif. – The future of the Catholic Church as a global force depends on shared power and mutual respect between the church’s historic center in Western Europe and its fast-expanding population base in the Southern Hemisphere, Georgetown University theologian Father Peter Phan told an audience in Berkeley Oct. 6.Read More
Wielding a pair of oversized scissors, a smiling Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien snipped a golden dedication ribbon with one decisive cut Oct. 7 – officially dedicating a brand-new $3.6 million parish center at Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown and marking the first of what is likely to be many dedication ceremonies as Baltimore’s 15th...Read More
More than 2,000 years ago there was a family that was searching for a place to give birth to the Son of Man. In their journey for finding a place to be hospice they came across many obstacles. The major obstacle was that of communion, of finding a place of empathy, of trust and of...Read More
California faces a tough uphill battle to reform its health care delivery system, but the growing need and the mounting pressure to address the issue may sway the Legislature and the voters to act, said panelists at a recent gathering on health care.Read More
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A special Christmas concert will be broadcast from St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls at 11:35 p.m. EST Christmas Eve on CBS.Read More
Kevin Walling, director for special projects for the Archdiocese for the U.S. Military Services, has worked closely with Baltimore’s new archbishop.Read More
In one of his last acts as head of the U.S. military archdiocese, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien dedicated a building he hopes will be a lasting monument to the service and sacrifices of American military personnel and the chaplains who minister to them.Read More