POZNAN, Poland – Pope Benedict XVI has urged young Europeans to mark the new year by deepening their trust in God so they can “head boldly toward the future and its many challenges.”Read More

After nearly five years working as an assistant to Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski in the office of the eastern vicar, Sister Constance “Connie” Gilder, S.S.J., is taking on a new role as Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s delegate to religious.Read More

WASHINGTON – Parishes in Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana escaped serious damage after several rounds of storms June 7-8 brought record flooding and devastating tornadoes to large swaths of the Midwest. Some homeowners, however, were not as fortunate.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI formally recognized the miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed Andre Bessette, a brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and founder of St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal.Read More

“Rise up in splendor. Your light has come.” The words of the prophet Isaiah foretell of the coming of the Messiah. We welcome his coming.Read More

St. Cecilia will hold a prayer vigil June 16 at 7:30 p.m. to pray for peace and healing in its West Baltimore neighborhood.Read More

WASHINGTON – Before April 16, 2007, Marian Hammaren of Westtown, N.Y., thought she knew what she’d been put on the earth to do: to be Caitlin’s mother, to guide and protect her.Read More

Catholic physician and author Walker Percy once posed the question, “What if you missed your life like a person misses a train?”Read More