LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The gift of clean air provided by God to humanity deserves to be protected through strong environmental stewardship by making changes in daily life so that fewer pollutants enter the atmosphere, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice Human Development.Read More

The Sunday morning quiet on Cathedral Street was disrupted May 24, when a Baltimore City Fire Department hook and ladder truck pulled in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Read More

LIMA, Peru – Most of the environmental battles Brother Paul McAuley fights seem endless, mainly conflicts between indigenous communities and loggers operating on their lands or oil companies that have spilled toxic substances into their waterways.Read More

JERUSALEM – Only 48 residents of the Gaza Strip – about half as many as originally reported – were able to attend the May 13 papal Mass in Bethlehem, West Bank, said Archbishop Antonio Franco, Vatican nuncio to Israel and the Palestinian territories.Read More

Two years into his pastorate, Father Dale Picarella realized he wanted to improve his management and leadership skills for the good of St. Philip Neri in Linthicum.Read More

WASHINGTON – Monsignor William A. Kerr, whose work as a priest included college president, vocations director and spiritual counselor to convicted murderer Ted Bundy, was buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Fla., May 19 following his funeral Mass.Read More

ASSISI, Italy - Taking 300 religious leaders with him on pilgrimage to Assisi, Pope Benedict XVI said people who are suspicious of religion cannot be blamed for questioning God’s existence when they see believers use religion to justify violence.Read More

It was a half-hour before St. John’s soup kitchen opened its doors in Westminster, but Larry Finchan was already in line.Read More