VATICAN CITY – Involvement in politics is a role reserved to laypeople, but Catholic Church leaders must explain and promote the moral principles that will contribute to the common good, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

Sitting on a chair facing a DVD player’s TV screen Angeles Phillips let the gentle sounds of a traditional Gaelic blessing wash over her as she raised her arms, moving them forward and back, up and down, her hands first facing away from her and then toward her in a manner rather like “signing” for...Read More

Could it have been the new bleachers that arrived in Middle River at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School gymnasium that spurred the first-place Cougars on to a five-game volleyball match victory over the second-place Archbishop Spalding High School Cavaliers?Read More

One of the hallmarks of Blessed Pope John Paul II’s pontificate was his call for a “new evangelization” – a plea to use all forms of communication to spread the Gospel message.Read More

The folks at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson quickly learned that in Tanzania, Africa, wellness goes beyond simply providing health care.Read More

NEW ORLEANS – More than 7,000 Catholic educators kicked off the National Catholic Educational Association’s annual convention with a New Orleans flavor April 26.Read More

WARSAW, Poland – Police evicted several dozen former nuns from a Polish convent after they refused a series of court orders to leave.Read More

Michael Ritucci has long admired Pope John Paul II as the man who “humanized the papacy.Read More