VATICAN CITY – Being a Catholic and sharpening one’s intellect through higher education are not mutually exclusive, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of Catholic students.Read More

VATICAN CITY – In the same square where Pope John Paul II was shot by a would-be assassin almost 30 years ago, thousands of people returned to thank God for the gift of his life and for his beatification.Read More

It was a most amazing season for the Mercy High School, Baltimore, volleyball team this fall. As the Magic headed into post-season tournament, they had been struggling to find their rhythm.Read More

WASHINGTON – The current and former attorneys general of neighboring southwestern states used the images on their state quarters as an apt way of describing Utah’s and Arizona’s divergent paths on immigration legislation.Read More

OLATHE, Kan. – It takes a village to raise a child. When Kate and David Brooks found out they were expecting for the second time, they had no idea how true those words would become for their family. Shortly thereafter, the couple found out that Kate was carrying not one, but five babies. Quintuplets.Read More

ST. LOUIS – Singing “Alleluia” took on a new meaning on Easter for many parishioners after a tornado on Good Friday leveled homes, tore roofs and walls off others and caused a wide assortment of other property damage.Read More

As Barbra Swann prepared for a Nov. 11 vigil at the Northeast Baltimore site of her son’s 2006 murder, she took a moment Oct. 30 to pray for guidance at St. Ambrose, Park Heights.Read More

VATICAN CITY – As the countdown continued for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, church and civil authorities put the finishing touches on logistical plans to handle potentially massive crowds at the main events in Rome.Read More