VATICAN CITY – Catching a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican this summer will be more difficult than ever.Read More

Tony Magliano (CR, Dec. 10) makes a plea for Catholics to get off the sidelines of the health care debate. He frames it as a “life-and death struggle”. Life, I presume, is the good that will come from its passage; death is the abortion and end of life provisions currently within it. He states that...Read More

WASHINGTON – The Washington Archdiocese expressed regret that a District of Columbia bill to legalize same-sex marriage was approved despite church opposition and without protecting religious freedom.Read More

ERIE, Pa. – Days after being thrust into the national spotlight, Sister Lucille Socciarelli said she is grateful to be a Sister of Mercy.Read More

WASHINGTON – Although Catholic Democrats outnumber Catholic Republicans in the United States, both are outnumbered by the 41 percent of U.S. Catholic voters who are not affiliated with either party, according to new data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.Read More

OSLO, Norway – U.S. President Barack Obama, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, said extremists who “kill in the name of God” have a “warped view of religion” that is incompatible with the purpose of faith.Read More

WASHINGTON – The economic recession may have a “silver lining” in terms of its effect on U.S. marriages, according to a leading marriage expert.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, one of the oldest lay service organizations in the U.S., will mark its 175th anniversary with what it has been doing for all those years: serving the poor.Read More