The average wedding favor costs about $6, said Anne Berman, a special events and wedding planner in Baltimore. It doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by 200 guests and it is a lot of money. This is why many couples choose to get the most for their money when purchasing favors. Some couples give...Read More

A grey Friday morning, foretelling the storms of the weekend suggests the mood of the women silently boarding the bus whose destination is Charlotte, N.C. Servant women weary from the Gospel work, which includes service to parish, family and community.Read More

CHICAGO – The sunrise was invisible, but the hundreds of people who showed up at Masses and prayer services on five South Side beaches in the early morning Aug. 21 took it on faith.Read More

ST. PAUL – The church must supplement its ministerial programs with political advocacy if it is to meet the needs of the growing immigrant population in the United States, said Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony. Some people question the church’s role in politics or challenge the church’s position on immigration reform, but the church’s...Read More

WASHINGTON – “A true culture of life cannot be built by changing laws alone. We’ve all got to work to change hearts,” President George W. Bush told tens of thousands of participants in the 34th annual March for Life Jan. 22. President Bush spoke by phone at the beginning of a two-hour rally on the...Read More

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said it was horrified at the intimidation of doctors and teachers by striking protesters and at the neglect of patients and pupils during an intensifying public sector strike.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve a drug labeled as an emergency contraceptive is a “dangerous step toward erasing any meaningful distinction between contraception and abortion,” said the U.S. bishops’ pro-life spokeswoman.Read More

The intricate gray matter that makes up the human brain lays the foundation of critical thinking, but it’s the right and left hemispheres that provide most people with the determining factors in their individual strengths and weaknesses.Read More