VATICAN CITY – Some things just can’t be done online. Like shake the hand of a blogging Benedictine nun (aka @Digitalnun on Twitter) and get her advice on how to create a profitable app with no start-up money.Read More

With the Queen of Peace cluster schools in East Baltimore facing an unexpected 10 percent hole in their $2 million budget, the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul in Baltimore is spearheading a fundraising campaign that has raised $56,000 in less than three weeks.Read More

JERUSALEM – After three days of Israeli attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a local parish priest said the buildings are shaking, the bombing is continuous and “they are bombarding us like the demon.”Read More

NEW ORLEANS – Wearing painted shoes and a shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Be Positive, Regardless,” Wally Amos gave a dramatic reading of the Dr. Seuss classic “Green Eggs and Ham,” demonstrating to a preschool-age audience that reading is far from dull.Read More

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland – A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has offered to meet dissident Republican paramilitaries who have threatened to “execute” Catholic members of the region’s police service.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The discoveries of science and astronomy can help people better appreciate the wonders of God’s creation, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican media must unite their efforts to provide packages of word, sound and images to proclaim the Gospel to modern Internet users, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

In “Archbishop Chaput: No unity among U.S. bishops on sanctions for abortion support” (CatholicReview.org, April 12) Archbishop Charles J. Chaput suggested the USCCB’s failure to agree on denying communion to pro-choice believers is that some bishops “fear” they “might somehow disenfranchise the Catholic community from political life.” This raises a question about their responsibility to...Read More