Jeannette Hudak said she was “scared to death” last year about the impending marriage of her now 35-year-old daughter Maria, who had always lived at home under the watchful eye of five older brothers and her parents.Read More

WASHINGTON – Citing concerns that some groups funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development fail to follow church teaching, Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt of Greensburg, Pa., has withdrawn support for the U.S. bishops’ nationwide anti-poverty program.Read More

BECKLEY, W.Va. – President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston and other dignitaries and religious leaders gathered with thousands from West Virginia April 25 to pay tribute to the 29 miners who lost their lives in the explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Perhaps even more than Michelangelo’s frescoes or the statue of Laocoon, the discouragingly long entrance line – often stretching half a mile – has become the modern emblem of the Vatican Museums.Read More

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony told archdiocesan priests in October that he was assaulted during the summer by a man who was angry over the church’s sexual abuse scandal, according to reports from priests who attended the annual meeting.Read More

With few real ties to the Archdiocese of Baltimore prior to my appointment as Archbishop of this historic See, I was deprived of the privilege of knowing Archbishop William Borders until I arrived here in the fall of 2007. Thus, many of you, good readers, know better than I the man who served as the...Read More

VATICAN CITY - When Pope Benedict XVI was elected on April 19, 2005, just three days after his 78th birthday, he said he would be more of a stay-at-home pope than his globetrotting predecessor Pope John Paul II.Read More

In the quadrennial statement regarding Catholic social responsibility, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” the USCCB again emphasizes human life and dignity. As the bishops eloquently point out, respect for life encompasses a broad range of concerns. Among these is our obligation to protect the environment (God’s creation) for the common good.Read More