VATICAN CITY – Learning to pray with the Scriptures, improving homilies and ensuring an accurate interpretation of Bible passages were the major themes of formal presentations, open discussion and small-group work Oct. 7-8 at the world Synod of Bishops on the Bible.Read More

When a Catonsville mother of four recently took her oath as a naturalized citizen of the United States, the event proved to be bittersweet.Read More

WASHINGTON – On the opening day of its fall term Oct. 6, the Supreme Court declined to hear four cases dealing with abortion or abortion-related protest efforts.Read More

When Charles B. Reeves Jr., 84, was a child, his father would take him and his brother to Kernan Hospital, Baltimore, as he “made rounds” on Sundays. Charles Reeves Sr. became president of the Kernan board of directors in 1936, serving for 19 years. In 1959, the junior Mr. Reeves joined the board to take...Read More

MIAMI – People who look after the church’s money say they are worried but not panicked about the nation’s current financial woes.Read More

WASHINGTON – What do the founder of eBay, the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services and a Mercy nun/ethicist have in common?Read More

Karen Hilseberg drives a 12-year-old Chevy Caprice with a dent in the back. She couldn’t afford a house, so she lives with her three children in one her mother owns. She and her kids forego brand-name clothes, the latest gadgets and, most years, a summer vacation.Read More

WASHINGTON – When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien approved plans in 2005 to move the military archdiocese’s headquarters from its location at The Catholic University of America’s Theological College, he and his staff hoped a new building would raise the profile of an archdiocese that serves one of the Catholic Church’s largest populations. The end result...Read More