With the possible exceptions of Pope Benedict XVI’S new appeal for peace in Gaza (CR, Jan. 8) and the rebuke of Israel over the conditions in Gaza by Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice, Catholic groups and organizations and their church leaders have been unbelievably subdued and disproportionately...Read More

The new principal of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore is no novice when it comes to launching new schools. Tom Malone assisted in the launches of a charter high school on Cape Cod and a small independent school in Toronto.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

Concerned that your children aren’t getting enough healthy food choices in their cafeteria? Well, if Tommy Savvides’ company “Tommy’s” is making the food, parents have little to worry about.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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Tom Halpin, a national board member of the Christian Family Movement, thinks church leaders sometimes are “misperceived as being out of touch” with issues faced by laypeople.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

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A Redemptorist priest who runs Poland's largest Catholic broadcast agency faces possible jail time after describing Polish President Lech Kaczynski as "a crook subservient to the Jewish lobby."Read More