WASHINGTON – Sean Kilkenny of Philadelphia braved frigid temperatures, endured jampacked subway cars and got separated from his wife in the crowd of about 2 million on the National Mall.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Human embryonic stem cells will play a role in stem-cell research for years to come as scientists try to confirm a promising technique that reprograms adult cells to mimic embryonic stem cells, according to the interim chief of California’s state-funded stem-cell research institute.Read More

Barry Williams admired the crisp blue uniforms, the yellow kerchiefs and the merit badges his classmates wore.Read More

CARACAS, Venezuela – A package of constitutional reforms proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that would have increased the president’s powers and established a “socialist economy” was defeated narrowly by voters.Read More

He might not text with a cell phone, but God still calls young people to vocations. Sister Annuntiata Cornelio, C.S.M.J., a 32-year-old member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus who wears a black habit and a ready smile, is proof.Read More

LONDON – The war in Iraq might have caused the end of Christianity in the country, said a Chaldean Catholic bishop.Read More

ROME – The traditional U.S. model of church-state relations has been praised by Pope Benedict XVI as a form of “healthy secularism,” but it risks being eroded by those who want to limit religion’s influence in public life, speakers at a Rome conference said.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Children have a right to “stability, serenity and security,” Pope Benedict XVI said, urging that more be done in providing these essential conditions to young people trapped in refugee camps.Read More