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Kathleen Beres recalls all too well holding her face on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, as the spaceship Challenger exploded 18 miles up in the cold blue sky. The rocket spat unwanted fireworks above a crowd witnessing the tragedy. The Catholic High School of Baltimore alumna watched from the outdoors VIP area near where the rocket launched 73 seconds earlier.

The Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA) will distribute a DVD called “Climate Change: Our Faith Response” to all 27 Catholic dioceses in the Appalachian region.

ST. LOUIS – Educators nationwide continue to debate the best way to educate middle-school students – in a single school for kindergarten through eighth grade or a separate middle school.

BEIT JALLA, West Bank – The temperature had not yet risen that July morning when Agnes Abed Rabbo looked out her living room window and saw her neighbor hunched over, hauling a heavy load of water bottles and water coolers up the steep road to his house.

DENVER – The summary of faith contained in the Nicene Creed makes clear that “the Maker of heaven and earth is still in business” and values creation “for its own sake,” Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson told a gathering of leaders of men’s and women’s religious orders.

Father Stanley J. Janaites, a longtime priest who inspired others to become more involved in church ministry, died Aug. 5 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. He was 79.