VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the U.S.-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis, Md., would help Palestinians and Israelis reach a “just and definitive solution.”Read More
WASHINGTON - Irish society is not just suffering from the sex abuse scandal but from a failure to pass on the faith to the younger generation, said the archbishop of Dublin.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Italian Cardinal Pio Laghi, a former Vatican nuncio to the United States who tried to convince President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq in 2003, died Jan. 10 at the age of 86.Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. – The experience of God “is all family,” Kathleen Chesto told catechists of the Diocese of Wilmington during a recent diocesan catechetical congress.Read More
WASHINGTON – More than 70 Catholic scholars and others have challenged Republican House Speaker John Boehner, a product of Catholic schools in his native Ohio, to uphold the church’s teaching on support for the poor.Read More
FAISALABAD, Pakistan – Church leaders in eastern Pakistan have demanded an end to American military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Israeli attack on Gaza.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A lack of respect for the norms for celebrating the Mass after the Second Vatican Council contributed to Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to grant wider permission for the celebration of the Tridentine Mass, a Vatican official said.Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Margaret Maringa has visited the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception many times, but there was something special about doing it with other pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 7.Read More
Question: Last year, my neighbor experienced difficulties with his health as a result of hypothermia. My 75-year-old grandfather lives on a farm. He still insists on doing a lot of the outdoor chores even in the bitter cold weather. I worry about him. Do you have any information regarding safety tips for older adults who...Read More
The holidays used to be Matthew Brown’s favorite time of the year. But since the 26-year-old Baltimorean became homeless, the approaching season hasn’t seemed so bright.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Some things just can’t be done online. Like shake the hand of a blogging Benedictine nun (aka @Digitalnun on Twitter) and get her advice on how to create a profitable app with no start-up money.Read More
With the Queen of Peace cluster schools in East Baltimore facing an unexpected 10 percent hole in their $2 million budget, the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul in Baltimore is spearheading a fundraising campaign that has raised $56,000 in less than three weeks.Read More