ST. PAUL, Minn. – Father H. Timothy Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was reportedly the first Army chaplain to be gravely injured in the Iraq War, died June 20. He was 49.Read More

LAHORE, Pakistan – A massive suicide bomb targeting a government building killed 23 people and badly damaged Catholic buildings in Lahore.Read More

DETROIT -- Just as St. Patrick evangelized Ireland in the fifth century, an Irish priest studying in Detroit says the Irish of the 21st century now need the new evangelization called for by the late Pope John Paul II.Read More

I sat down today to read with interest Father Dietzen’s answer (CR, June 4) regarding salvation through faith or good deeds. I have had similar discussions with Protestant friends and Catholics who look to the Magisterium’s directives on Mass attendance and the receiving of Communion as being the means to salvation.Read More

BANGKOK, Thailand – Students at St. Gabriel’s College school got a week off from classes because of an outbreak of the swine flu.Read More

It was an up and down season for the Mount St. Joseph, Irvington, ice hockey team this year. According to longtime head coach Erv Terwilliger, who is in his 17th season with the program, “We played well through the first half of the season. We beat DeMatha early on, which was great but I think...Read More

While at home waiting for the late afternoon finals game of the MIAA A Conference to tip off, Towson Catholic senior point guard Larry Bastfield was anxious. He was pacing around his house, making phone calls.Read More

After death penalty abolitionists were stymied in their recent bid to ban the death penalty in Maryland, Catholic bishops of Maryland joined dozens of religious leaders throughout the state in signing an April 5 letter urging lawmakers to pass a ban next legislative session. Gov. Martin J. O’Malley had promised to sign a bill that...Read More