NANJING, China (CNS) -- About two dozen students clad in red sweat suits danced around the small room, twirling brightly colored fans in rhythm with the music. The students ranged in age from 13 to 43, but their mental capacity did not surpass age 12. Thirty-two students attend the Ark-Nanjing Special Education Center, run by...Read More

By a nearly unanimous vote, the U.S. bishops agreed to the preparation of a brief policy statement on assisted suicide, which they will debate and vote on at their spring assembly in June.Read More

As the 125 high school girls from the Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore, recently toured the newly restored Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they entered a room that features exhibits reflecting the history of Catholicism in the United States. The room in the co-cathedral’s undercroft is designated...Read More

Leading up to this month of celebrating Black Catholic History, God sent several interesting and innovative ideas our way along with partners. Here’s the story and how you can become a partner.Read More

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities USA, the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, are joining more than a dozen other religious groups in advocating reforms in federal farm policy that could be implemented through the farm bill now working its way through Congress. The...Read More

Christmas came early this year as the world watched 33 miners in Chile being rescued from more than 2,000 feet below the surface of the earth. Was it a miracle that all survived?It was first acknowledged that the men were still alive on Aug. 22, the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. Another significant date...Read More

As it did on most U.S. campuses, the American flag flew at half-staff on the grassy area of Doyle Circle on the campus of College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, April 17 – one day after 32 people were gunned down some 300 miles away at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Across the...Read More

Once a stately family home and then a seminary for future priests, the Charles Carroll House of Annapolis is once again a hub of activity as the new location of the advancement office for the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province.Read More