VATICAN CITY – The loving, tender images of Mary breast-feeding the baby Jesus need an artistic and spiritual rehabilitation, said the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.Read More
OMAHA, Neb. – Amid a crowd of friends, family, Boy Scouts and Boy Scout leaders, Bryan and Arnell Petrzilka leaned over and kissed their 13-year-old son, Ben, whose body lay in a casket at Mary Our Queen Church in Omaha.Read More
As the Christmas season approaches, people around the Archdiocese of Baltimore are feeling the sting of Ebenezer Scrooge’s words, “Bah humbug!” once again.Read More
One month after the death of Father Kevin Brooksbank, associate pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baynesville, the parish community will celebrate a "Month's Mind" memorial Mass for the priest June 25 at 7p.m.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception – the largest Catholic church in the United States and one of the largest Catholic churches in the world – is celebrating its 50th anniversary but it is still a work in progress, as are the people who worship there, said a West...Read More
The myth is, of course, that we are glad it’s over for a while. We can’t let our friends realize that we really do enjoy it, including learning the subject matter for itself alone. We tell ourselves that all this is necessary for a job or a career; but deep down we love it.Read More
Kathy Stoner looked at the grounds of the St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historic Site and couldn’t help but be struck by the magnitude of the date June 15. “It’s going to be huge,” Ms. Stoner said of the groundbreaking for a new visitors’ center that will mark the 200th anniversary of the dedication of...Read More
Despite the concern voiced by some bishops about the document's pastoral tone and content, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a pastoral letter on marriage Nov. 17.Read More
While others may have been busy playing video games or watching television, 17-year-old Glenn Bullock helped develop voice-control computer software for cars.Read More
WASHINGTON – A U.S. congressman urged President Barack Obama to raise the issue of forced abortions with Chinese leaders and not allow human rights to take a backseat to economic issues when the president traveled to Beijing.Read More