Concerned that Baltimore women in crisis pregnancies aren’t receiving the help they need to carry their unborn babies to term, several regional prolife groups have joined forces to establish “Pro-Life Initiative Baltimore.”Read More

VATICAN CITY – Almost lost in the recent furor over clerical sex abuse is that Pope Benedict XVI just turned 83 and is approaching one of the busiest stretches of his pontificate.Read More

During Lent I had the privilege of leading a couple of evenings of reflection at St. Casimir in Canton. After one of the services, a lady told me about the parish during WWII. She said that right across from the church was a packing plant. Among the workers there were a number of German soldiers...Read More

After an immigration reform bill stalled in Congress in June, experts predict that it may take another two years before any meaningful attempts at fixing the situation will see the light of day.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The recent change at the helm of the Vatican newspaper marks an effort to revive a publication that has gone from glory days to malaise.Read More

If anyone knows about facing and overcoming life’s challenges, it’s Kyle Gahagan. The 2009 Calvert Hall College High School graduate has endured much in his life, including being born deaf, the death of his mother when he was 12 and spending much of his youth as a latchkey child.Read More

WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s Catholic primate has urged fellow citizens to see the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in a weekend air disaster as a “dramatic challenge” to build “a fuller community” at the national level and with neighboring states.Read More

Is Pope Benedict XVI re-Italianizing the Roman Curia? The question has percolated around Rome in recent months as a string of Vatican appointments left Italian prelates in high places.Read More