VATICAN CITY – Understanding the roots of past conflicts can help Catholics and Mennonites heal their relationship and move toward a common witness of faith in Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

On one of the bloodiest days of the Iraq War – April 9, 2004 – Father F. Richard Spencer became the link between this world and the next for many of the mortally wounded.Read More

My Sister’s Place Women’s Center in Baltimore is equipping its clients with the financial know-how to secure stable and more confident futures. The center is accomplishing its goals for the financial security of women through the offering of a financial literacy class in partnership with Baltimore CASH Campaign.Read More

As a chaplain for the Baltimore City Fire Department, Father Ross M. Syracuse, O.F.M. Conv., has seen firsthand the deadly results of fires in city homes.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Human beings, including embryos, must never be manipulated or exploited for scientific and medical research, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Christians and other minorities affected by severe flooding in Pakistan are being discriminated against in government-run rescue and aid programs, said the director of pontifical missionary societies in Pakistan.Read More

Re Tony Magliano’s column (CR, Aug. 5), granted, the Japanese war machine was stressed … so why was Japan still up for a fight? For the most part the Japanese army on the home islands and in China was still very much intact. As Americans it was hard for us to comprehend why this enemy...Read More

WASHINGTON – A stack of reports helps define some of the human consequences of the gnarled U.S. immigration system.Read More