When 92-year-old Charles O. Fisher Sr. thinks back to his years as a student at St. John School in Westminster during the 1920s and 30s, nuns and trains come to mind.Read More

During a recent trip to the emergency room at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, 9-year-old Kyla Roberts was given a homemade fleece blanket to cuddle with to battle the fear and loneliness children often experience while waiting for treatment.Read More

ICA, Peru – The evening before his 12th birthday, Denis Sulca stood near the end of a line of more than 100 children, hoping for a ration of milk. Eight days earlier, Aug. 15, a magnitude 8 earthquake destroyed the adobe house where his family lived in a shantytown in this city of about 300,000...Read More

PITTSBURGH – Capping a rescue that mesmerized much of the country following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, 53 orphans arrived safely at Pittsburgh International Airport Jan. 19.Read More

Haiti! As horrendous a human disaster as can be imagined! Immediately and inevitably, the cry is raised. Why? How could a good and loving God permit such unspeakable suffering?Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s bishops, saying the country’s future was at stake, have advised citizens to vote for candidates with a track record of honesty in the December general elections. They also expressed concern that corruption was still a major issue in the government of President Mwai Kibaki, who plans to seek re-election.Read More

George Weigel was entirely accurate in characterizing the typical “Prayer of the Faithful” intentions as too liberal (CR, Aug. 9).Read More

City pastors who worked with Mayor Sheila Dixon on issues ranging from homelessness to immigration gave the outgoing mayor generally high marks for her performance in office. Yet, as the 56-year-old mayor prepares to step down Feb. 4 as part of a plea deal in a corruption case, priests throughout the city expressed disappointment in...Read More