Once, the most dreaded question was, “Will you be my bridesmaid?” After all, only a good friend would buy an unflattering, expensive, formal dress, wear it once in front of everyone and then never wear it again. But a trend that’s emerged in the past few years means that bridesmaids actually might be able to...Read More

ROME – In an unusual move, the Israeli government sent an official delegate to the beatification of Pope John Paul II, choosing a government official who survived the Holocaust because he was entrusted to a Catholic family.Read More

JERUSALEM – The United States has a responsibility to play a vital role in restarting Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ international policy committee. “We have a certain responsibility. By not being engaged at this level it will certainly involve us in ways we do not want to be involved in (later),”...Read More

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland – A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has offered to meet dissident Republican paramilitaries who have threatened to “execute” Catholic members of the region’s police service.Read More

WASHINGTON – A list of football powerhouses among Catholic colleges in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association would probably start with Notre Dame and end with Boston College.Read More

St. Michael the Archangel second -graders Persis Prenger and Nathan Rippel can’t wait for their Overlea’s parish’s upcoming vacation Bible camp.Read More

ST. LOUIS – The Midwest province of the Christian Brothers has begun a program to combat the growing shortage of male teachers. The province offers the Lasallian Teacher Immersion Program at universities run by the religious community to provide male college students with classroom teaching experience and opportunities to serve those in need while earning...Read More

In “Archbishop Chaput: No unity among U.S. bishops on sanctions for abortion support” (CatholicReview.org, April 12) Archbishop Charles J. Chaput suggested the USCCB’s failure to agree on denying communion to pro-choice believers is that some bishops “fear” they “might somehow disenfranchise the Catholic community from political life.” This raises a question about their responsibility to...Read More