NAIROBI, Kenya – For several of the cloistered Carmelite Sisters at Mount Carmel Convent, their life of prayer began in their families, when they were children.Read More

In the midst of this protracted election season, a seeming division among the Catholic leadership in our country has emerged, representing different approaches to this year’s document of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” Despite these differences, the Catholic bishops of the United States remain totally and universally committed to...Read More

In the wake of two fiscal years burdened by large deficits, the Archdiocese of Baltimore ended Fiscal Year 2010 with a $15.4 million surplus. The figure was released in an archdiocesan financial report provided to The Catholic Review and published on pages 8 and 9.Read More

As powerful religious, political and educational figures filled the packed Severna Park lobby of St. John the Evangelist Oct. 24, Conrad Reinheimer and Olivia Edwards realized the adjoining parish school they attend was no longer “just a school.”Read More

WASHINGTON – A University of Dayton campus minister hopes his original song, “Called to Glory,” will help recruit youths to follow the Gospel call of love and service at the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Vatican and Muslim representatives are set to open a new chapter of dialogue in an encounter that is expected to touch on common spiritual principles and perspectives on human rights.Read More

ROME – The Diocese of Rome launched a new website dedicated to the beatification and canonization of Pope John Paul II.Read More

WASHINGTON – As the presidential election campaign was drawing to a close, some U.S. bishops urged Catholics not to base their votes on one issue alone, while others said no combination of issues could trump a candidate’s stand on what Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan called the “premier civil rights issue of our day” –...Read More