BRESSANONE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI offered his best wishes to China, the International Olympic Committee and all the athletes who will participate in the Aug. 8-24 games in Beijing.Read More

FRANKFORT, Ill. – Support from people in the U.S. is important to the nation’s troops who are serving in Iraq and must continue, especially for soldiers “in harm’s way,” a military chaplain told a congregation in the Diocese of Joliet. Father John Hannigan, a priest of the Chicago Archdiocese, has been has been on leave...Read More

Sister Mary Louise Lynch’s 60 years as a Medical Mission Sister will be celebrated Aug. 15 with a Mass and reception at the sisters’ North American headquarters in Philadelphia. A Baltimore native, Sister Mary Louise entered the Medical Mission Sisters in 1944 after high school. She received a journalism degree from Marquette University and a...Read More

VATICAN CITY – The hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church was willed by God to ensure unity in faith, Pope Benedict XVI said. The church “is not a place of confusion or anarchy where each person can do what he wants at the moment,” the pope said March 7 at his weekly general audience. The...Read More

Richard J. Dowling, widely credited with transforming the Annapolis-based Maryland Catholic Conference into one of the most respected and influential political lobbying organizations in the country, will retire before the end of the year after serving 24 years as executive director.Read More

WASHINGTON – A Jesuit priest is to be reinstated as a chaplain at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center after a federal board ruled that he was fired because of religious discrimination. Father Henry Heffernan, 76, was ordered to be reinstated at the NIH clinic in Bethesda, Md., by the Merit Systems Protection Board,...Read More

PHILADELPHIA – At a July conference on faith, politics and the quest for the common good, 800 Catholics from around the nation ratified a platform based on Catholic social teaching and aimed at capturing the attention of both political parties this election season.Read More

One may think running 3,400 miles from California to Rhode Island would form a blister or two on a runner’s feet. Not so for one Loyola Blakefield, Towson, alumnus who changed running shoes every 100 miles to ensure his feet were as comfortable and fresh as possible during a five and a half month run...Read More