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VATICAN CITY – When Catholics engage in interreligious dialogue, they must know that equality exists among the participants, not the religions they represent, said Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Mercy Medical Center has launched a new program to help homeless families who are living in shelters, transitional housing or doubled-up with relatives.

DES MOINES, Iowa – One grass-roots effort to make politicians aware of what central Iowa residents say are their concerns – immigration, education, health care and economic justice – has reached fruition in several Iowa Catholic parishes.

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Catholic bishops warned that rival politicians’ failure to agree on a consensus candidate for the presidency will lead the country to unprecedented disruption.

ST. LOUIS – The medical coding system used by the government, insurance companies, medical clinics and health care providers now includes two codes specifically for natural family planning.

Medicare’s Fall Open Enrollment is from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31. During this enrollment period, those eligible for Medicare can select health and drug coverage for 2008. People already enrolled in Medicare can make adjustments to their existing coverage during this time.

VATICAN CITY – Being a Catholic and sharpening one’s intellect through higher education are not mutually exclusive, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of Catholic students.

BOSTON – Father David Ajemian, a Boston Catholic priest arrested on charges of stalking late-night NBC talk-show host Conan O’Brien, has been put on leave by the Boston Archdiocese and “is no longer able to exercise public ministry.”

WASHINGTON – Although “the prospect of Iran developing nuclear weapons is unacceptable,” the U.S. government must exhaust every option before considering military action to resolve the situation, the chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ Committee on International Policy told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Theology might have been on tap Wednesday night but it was the archbishop who was pouring, inspiring the standing-room-only crowd.