CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cardinal Francis Arinze told attendees at the Diocese of Charlotte’s eucharistic congress that “religion is not an option.”Read More

Today, when the faintest wisp of optimism is a gift, it’s more than disappointing to read George Weigel, one of the nation’s sharpest Catholic minds, dismiss many of the president’s national aspirations as a “familiar litany of liberal … shibboleths.” (CR, April 23). I would prefer: Aspirations for peace yet unrealized, but worth the striving!Read More

Folks who graduated from grade school about the time television was just beginning to glow in the living rooms of working families have been lighting up the Internet talking about the upcoming St. Joseph Monastery School reunion.Read More

GUATEMALA CITY – When Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City was bludgeoned to death in his garage 11 years ago, government officials and Catholic leaders vowed his death would not be in vain.Read More

As a soccer goalie, John Dillon is the last line of defense for his team. The Calvert Hall senior wouldn’t have it any other way.Read More

Extending a sense of welcome to immigrants was at the top of the agenda for more than 40 heads of women’s and men’s religious congregations who attended the April 20 Forum of Major Superiors.Read More

After Cardinal Lawrence Shehan ordained Deacon George Evans as one of the first permanent deacons in the United States 40 years ago, a lot of people didn’t know what to make of the new clergyman.Read More

As part of a continuing effort to close an operating budget gap, archdiocesan officials announced April 16 that all Central Services employees will be furloughed for five days between April and June.Read More