SYDNEY, Australia – Pope Benedict XVI’s first pastoral visit to Australia concluded July 21 with a farewell ceremony at Sydney’s international airport, where he told an audience of invited guests, including church and civic officials, how much he had enjoyed his July 12-21 stay.Read More

Michael Brower took an odd path to becoming a record-setting swimmer. A senior at St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, Brower chose a school that doesn’t sponsor football, a sport he longed to play at the interscholastic level. Playing soccer instead, he joined the swim team as a freshman just to improve his fitness.Read More

SYDNEY, Australia – Differences among Christians and between Christians and other religions cannot be ignored, but they also cannot be an excuse to stop dialogue, Pope Benedict XVI told religious leaders in Sydney.Read More

From answering the phones to gracing the children’s play area, School Sister of Notre Dame Margaret Marie Giblin does a little bit of everything at the Esperanza Center – all while in her 80s.Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., led other pro-life lawmakers in the House in calling for Congress to end federal funds for Planned Parenthood and other family planning organizations that provide abortions.Read More

PARKVILLE – When it comes to computer skills, there is little doubt that teenagers and young adults appear to rule the high tech, cyberspace world, but don’t tell that to many of the seniors at Oak Crest.Read More

If the measure of a man is in his family, then the influence of Col. Patrick J. Donohoe will stretch a long, long time.Read More

There’s nothing more rewarding for Kim Hartman than visiting a young woman who has chosen to keep her baby rather than have an abortion.Read More