ROME – U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Miguel Diaz said migration policies represent a growing ethical issue for the international community, requiring an examination of root causes and promotion of just laws.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A series of articles on creation, intelligent design and Darwinism made reading the Vatican newspaper seem like taking a crash summer course in Evolution 101.Read More
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Washington and New York shortly after Easter. The timing of this papal visit raises the question: Is the ministry of the pope affected or even shaped in a particular way by the resurrection of the crucified Jesus? Is preaching the risen Lord at the heart of what St Peter and...Read More
WASHINGTON – Catholics know about as much as Americans in general about religion, getting right only half of the 32 questions in a survey for the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.Read More
WASHINGTON – When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington for an early-evening interfaith prayer service April 17 with Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and representatives of other religions, space will be at a premium.Read More
Decades after they graduated from Baltimore City’s Mercy High School, Eileen Kohles Baird and Stacy Baird still wear their Mercy High School rings with pride.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – More than 35,000 pilgrims climbed to the summit of Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday, making this year’s journey one of the busiest ever.Read More
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy – Almost 40 years after his death, the body of St. Padre Pio shows uneven signs of decay, but can be treated in a way that will make it possible to place the body on display for the veneration of the faithful, the local archbishop said.Read More
WASHINGTON – In their 2008 book, “The Sexual Person,” theologians Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler “reach a whole range of conclusions that are contrary to Catholic teaching,” the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said in a 24-page critique.Read More
At the end of this month, Cokey Robertson, head basketball coach for St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown, will turn 70 years old and will retire from the Gaels program – which he put on the map.Read More