WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s first year in office was packed with major news of interest to the world, but there was much to report about his interactions with faith leaders and on other topics of religious interest.Read More

WASHINGTON – Although the United States has made progress in addressing human trafficking, more needs to be done to help trafficking victims, particularly children, said a U.S. Catholic official in testimony before a House committee.Read More

BALTIMORE – An ongoing study of the “causes and contexts” of the sexual abuse crisis in the church will touch on societal influences, the role of various aspects of seminary life and how church leaders’ response was a factor, according to the staff of the New York-based John Jay College of Criminal Justice in a...Read More

WASHINGTON – A bit of the Second Vatican Council is influencing at least one segment of the Washington government scene these days.Read More

Verdan “Buzz” Wiedel was serving as a radio operator on a fighter bomber during the Second World War when an otherworldly experience set him on the path to the diaconate.Read More

As soon as his older sister showed 8-month-old Ian Wood a printed photo of their father dressed in tan camouflage and a matching floppy hat, the chubby baby smiled and giggled knowingly. Wearing a miniature pair of camouflage pants just like his dad, the elated youngster reached for the photo and touched it gently near...Read More

When students arrive at college as eager young freshmen, they are embarking on more than four years of higher education. It’s also the time when they will lay the foundation for what they will do with the rest of their lives. Given that they are naturally asking questions about their calling in life, it’s important...Read More

CATONSVILLE – When Judy Wall was hoping to adopt a child overseas with her husband, Michael, she often dreamed about a little girl wearing yellow and white. Soon after the parishioners of St. Mark in Catonsville received word that a baby had been located in Vietnam, the adoption agency showed them the child’s photograph. Sure...Read More