Alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer. It destroys rich or poor, single or married, religious or irreligious.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI asked Romania’s new ambassador to the Vatican for his help in stopping construction of a skyscraper next to Bucharest’s St. Joseph Cathedral. Welcoming Marius Gabriel Lazurca to the Vatican Jan. 20, the pope said smooth relations between the government and church communities present in the country would contribute to...Read More

LIGUORI, Mo. – Redemptorist Father Norman Muckerman, a former editor of Liguorian magazine and a former president of the Catholic Press Association, died May 19 at St. Clement’s Health Care Center in Liguori after a long illness. He was 92.Read More

JERUSALEM (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he "admired the spirit of the (Palestinian) people" in the face of hardships in the Gaza Strip. Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., said he was "really impressed" by the vision of Msgr. Manuel Musallam of Holy Family Parish in Gaza....Read More

When I travelled to Ghana, I befriended a woman named Adama who worked for Catholic Relief Services. As we travelled from one destination to another, we entered into a wonderful conversation about family members and family-hood. My heart was lifted when Adama answered the question of who her family was by talking first about the...Read More

WARSAW, Poland – The Polish archbishop who resigned after admitting he collaborated with his country’s communist secret police denied claims that he failed to inform the pope about his past. Meanwhile, another archbishop has rejected accusations that he also acted as an informer and published an explanation of his secret police contacts.Read More

Black-Eyed Susans and the singing of “Maryland My Maryland” are among the more obvious traditions at the Preakness, the middle leg of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.Read More

Ruth Harrison of Churchville has visited famous churches throughout Europe and found her January tour of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be among the best – made especially unique by the historical knowledge imparted by volunteer docent Frank Twardzik. The retired radiologist from Howard County,...Read More