ROME – The seven deadly sins are still key to understanding and healing the social and personal ills plaguing humanity today, said an influential Jesuit journal.Read More
In the May 22 issue, The Catholic Review printed a brief article about the Vatican astronomer saying it’s okay to believe in aliens, a position that was criticized in a letter by Louie Verrecchio on May 29. Mr. Verrecchio says that all forms of life are sinful and in need of redemption.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Ask and you shall receive. The art world is ready to collaborate with the church in creating inspirational modern art, said some artists who took part in a landmark meeting with Pope Benedict XVI.Read More
ROME – Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community to combat the causes of hunger, saying starvation and malnutrition were unacceptable in a world that can produce plenty to eat.Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Father John Rapisarda was standing on the concourse of the Sprint Center arena Nov. 21 when a teenage girl walked up to him.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Shroud of Turin, revered by many as the burial cloth of Christ, will be displayed to the public for the first time in a decade in 2010.Read More
ST. LOUIS – When Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis ordained nine men to the priesthood for the archdiocese May 24, it was the largest ordination class for the archdiocese since 1987.Read More
The Premier See is ready to take the BBQ Capital of the World by storm. A delegation of 261 from the Archdiocese of Baltimore will attend the biennial National Catholic Youth Conference in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 19 to 21. A convention center and the Sprint Center arena will be filled with 20,000 Catholic youths...Read More
Although I have visited all our parishes – however briefly in most cases – and a couple of dozen elementary schools to date, I’ve managed so far only a handful of high schools. In celebrating Mass for the students at Mount St. Joseph, Archbishop Curley and Calvert Hall, I have come to realize that the...Read More