VATICAN CITY – Even though the Vatican Library is opening its doors after a three-year major renovation, most of the general public will never get a chance to walk down the frescoed halls of the pope’s library.Read More

The presbyteral council, or consultative body of priests, which serves as a key advisory group to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, has been formed. The 36-member council, required by the Code of Canon Law, is composed of 17 elected members, 15 appointed members and four ex officio members.Read More

Harford County Executive David R. Craig presented Monsignor G. Michael Schleupner, pastor of St. Margaret, Bel Air, with the Joseph Bond/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award on Jan. 17.Read More

Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg and Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore are mourning the deaths of two of their students.Read More

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – As the first direct peace talks in two years between Israeli and Palestinian leaders were launched in the United States, Pope Benedict XVI and Israeli President Shimon Peres met in a private audience.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Following a letter of protest signed by 67 professors and threats of a demonstration by students, Pope Benedict XVI has canceled his planned visit to Rome’s Sapienza University.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Students and campus ministry officials at Jesuit-run University of San Francisco are mapping sites where sex trafficking goes on in an effort to help humanitarian organizations combat what they term a blight of modern-day slavery in the city.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Blessed Teresa of Calcutta is “an exemplary model of Christian virtue” who showed the world that an authentic love for others opens the door to knowing and being with God, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More