Robin Hale Eichelberger was looking for some converts March 12.Read More

WASHINGTON – In a world that boasts continual technological change, the iPhone by Apple has gained near-iconic status. Even Apple boasts there are more than 140,000 applications - or “apps,” in Apple-speak - that users can obtain for their phones.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Exceptions to celibacy for priests in the Roman Catholic Church can be puzzling, including for young priests enthusiastic about their vocation.Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Walking around the massive tent city at the Petionville Club March 2, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio wondered what will become of the thousands of Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake.Read More

Editor’s note: This Lent, www.catholicreview.org will feature six contributors from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on the subject of Why Catholic?, the four-year, small, faith group exploration of the practices and beliefs of the Catholic faith tradition. The first installment is from Father T. Austin Murphy, the chaplain of the Newman Center at Towson University.Read More

Carolyn and Karl Schumaker will go anywhere to protect and pray for life. The parishioners of St. Mary’s in Annapolis drove through more than an hour of evening traffic to take part in a “40 Days for Life” gathering at St. Agnes parish in Catonsville Feb. 16.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials have called for greater church attention to the more than 30 million seafarers around the world, who often live and work in hazardous conditions.Read More

A tendency to be self-centered and rambunctious gives middle school boys a bad rap, but they may not be made of frogs, snails and puppy dogs’ tails after all.Read More