At the beginning of Lent, I was sent a moving account of the recent funeral procession of a young American soldier, which took place near his hometown in the South. The most striking section read as follows:Read More
NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI’s April 18 visit to the United Nations “is eagerly awaited because the pope is seen as a moral authority offering clear guidance on the foundational values of life and of human society,” said the Vatican’s U.N. ambassador.Read More
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Francis S. Collins, the former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, to head the 27 institutes and centers that make up NIH.Read More
ANNAPOLIS – Carrying neon yellow glow-sticks and posters in support of pregnant women, hundreds of pro-life supporters marched through the streets of downtown Annapolis March 13 to call attention to the sanctity of life.Read More
WASHINGTON – After a painful controversy about the sometimes bombastic comments made by the former pastor at their longtime church in Chicago, President Barack Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, were treading carefully in choosing a worship community in Washington.Read More
Nicholas Sabo will graduate from high school this spring, but he’s done plenty of teaching as well as learning. The 21-year-old, who attends South River High School in Edgewater and is a parishioner of Holy Family, Davidsonville, has cerebral palsy.Read More
WASHINGTON – Sometimes, when the Supreme Court reverses itself on an earlier decision – in some cases, decades earlier – there is a great to-do over what it means.Read More
Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot is stepping down as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to take on a new role as director of a new archdiocesan office for worship.Read More
WASHINGTON – Torture survivors and advocates implored Congress June 25 to investigate allegations of military torture of war prisoners, saying that the U.S. must be an example for other countries in respect for human rights.Read More
ROME (CNS) -- Logistical details are being finalized in an attempt to fly the body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati to Sydney, Australia, for veneration by young people at World Youth Day in July.Read More
WASHINGTON – Despite growing numbers of Iraqi Christians fleeing their country to escape the violence and persecution, an Iraqi Dominican nun says she will remain in her country.Read More