After serving as interim principal of Sacred Heart of Mary School in Graceland Park since February, Pamela Walters said she is excited to begin the new school year as the permanent principal.Read More

BOGOTA, Colombia – African Catholic leaders discussed the church’s different roles in some of the world’s most intractable and violent conflicts during a recent Catholic peace conference in Colombia. Across Africa, where Catholics and Christians are minorities in most nations, the Catholic Church’s role is different and difficult, said some of the leaders.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Seven weeks after Pope Benedict XVI praised Vatican civil servants for their work in “our little state, from the most visible to the most hidden,” the state unveiled its own Web site.Read More

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Kevin Johnson had one hand on a piano keyboard as the other guided a room full of participants through seamless key changes from one gospel song to another.Read More