PHOENIX – The Phoenix Diocese is undertaking a comprehensive restructuring process so that its civil organization matches the one already in place canonically.Read More

MEXICO CITY – The Catholic aid agency Caritas has responded to the torrential downpours in Guatemala with appeals for food and clothing for the victims of what has been described as the heaviest rains to be dumped on the Central American country in more than 50 years.Read More

SEOUL, South Korea – A whistle-stop visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to a church in China is not a sign that the secretive communist regime’s stance toward religion is softening, South Korean Catholics say.Read More

In memory of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Office of African American Ministries of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the American Red Cross will sponsor a blood donation drive and a bone marrow testing Jan. 21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Frances Academy, Baltimore.Read More

A few years ago, the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns (GBCPC) experienced such a crushing budget crunch it was forced to close its offices in Highlandtown and Dundalk.Read More

NEW YORK – More than 1,000 people dressed in blue and white filled a cordoned traffic lane across from the Empire State Building Aug. 26 to protest the decision of the building’s owner to deny a request to illuminate the upper floors in honor of the 100th birthday of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.Read More

WASHINGTON – Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo praised a federal judge’s recent ruling that temporarily stopped federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, but the U.S. Department of Justice said it would appeal the decision.Read More

VATICAN CITY – They welcomed him with a red paper garland, smiles and a few whispered words about themselves.Read More