Alexandra Krall, a student at School of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, won first place in the annual prayer card contest.Read More

WASHINGTON – Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., has named 10 bishop-members and 10 consultants to join him on the recently established Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty.Read More

When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome in the early 1990s, he often saw then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger walking from his offices across the square at St. Peter’s. Dressed in a simple priest’s cassock, the future pope would sometimes stop and talk to Archbishop O’Brien – especially...Read More

HANOI, Vietnam – Redemptorists at a Hanoi parish have urged local Catholics to keep calm after a mob led by government officials attacked a convent and church in early November.Read More

NEW YORK – Performing for a papal event is not just another gig, even for those whose names are usually rendered in boldface type.Read More

WASHINGTON – Comments made recently about the religious affiliation of presidential candidates – notably the Mormon faith of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney – have no place in American political campaigns, say several dozen academics, diplomats and other prominent Catholics.Read More

St. Bernardine, Baltimore, will use its April 13 Festival of the Arts event as both an evangelization tool and to help ring in the parish’s 80th anniversary.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI prayed that a summit of the leaders of countries with the world’s largest economies would find ways to overcome the current economic crisis and promote real development.Read More