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VATICAN CITY – In an encyclical on Christian hope, Pope Benedict XVI said that, without faith in God, humanity lies at the mercy of ideologies that can lead to “the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice.” The pope warned that the modern age ha

JERUSALEM – Media in the Holy Land showered attention on the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Md., but Israelis and Palestinians, jaded from years of failed talks, were not getting their hopes up too high.

WASHINGTON – Henry J. Hyde, the former Republican congressman from Illinois whose name became synonymous with efforts to limit federal funding of abortion, died Nov. 29 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

As Thanksgiving approached, the boys and girls soccer programs from The John Carroll School, Bel Air, put words into action on Nov. 20 in a benefit all-star soccer game at Harford Community College. The teams and a core group of volunteers arranged this fundraiser, named “Independently We Compete, United We Stand,” to benefit two special young ladies in John Carroll’s soccer community who are currently battling cancer and looking toward recovery.

Waverly resident Diane Davis has a confession to make. She hasn’t been in nearly 30 years.

SARITA, Texas – There is little evidence of dignity in the deaths of the undocumented men, women and children found among the south Texas cactus and brush over the past few decades.

MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Two bishops joined accused mutineers at a hotel calling for the “withdrawal of support” for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Morgan State University senior Cina Morris thinks her mother overextends herself with her never-ending volunteer projects. But St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore, parishioner Delease Ryce says it’s a labor of love that brings her too much joy to slow down.