LONDON – Egyptian police must act more quickly against Muslim rioters, a Catholic bishop said after 12 people were killed and two churches burned in a night of violence.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Most Holy Redeemer Church in San Francisco and the administrative offices of the Archdiocese of San Francisco were vandalized in early January with graffiti critical of the church’s support of Proposition 8, the California voter initiative that overturned last May’s state Supreme Court ruling declaring that all couples have the right to...Read More

For several decades, Mark Pacione was the tireless champion of youth ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More

Two hundred years after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton journeyed from Baltimore to Emmitsburg to found the first women’s religious community in the United States, more than 600 pilgrims converged on the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to kick off a yearlong celebration of her achievement.Read More

He proclaimed Christ – “always and everywhere.” In this way, Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, manifested his holiness. And for the way he lived his life, he has been declared among the “blessed” of the church by his successor, Benedict XVI.Read More

The Decision For Mark Broderick, 51, the pain in his knees from arthritis has interrupted his quality of life and the activities he loved for years. He finally decided it was time to have knee replacement to end his agony. Mr. Broderick, director of student activities at Loyola College in Maryland, was young and healthy,...Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican said the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, a man who sowed division and hatred and who caused “innumerable” deaths, should prompt serious reflection about one’s responsibility before God, not rejoicing.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will look back on 2008 as an important year for interreligious dialogue, with the inauguration of a major Catholic-Muslim forum, notable meetings with Jews in the United States, and the opening of ecology as a new terrain for interfaith cooperation.Read More