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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will ordain 13 deacons for the Archdiocese of Baltimore in a 10 a.m. liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland May 23.

VATICAN CITY – As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to visit Israel in early May, Jewish leaders involved in dialogue appeared to be hopeful and not particularly wary about what the pope would say.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision May 4 that said the government was wrong to prosecute illegal immigrants for identity theft in certain types of cases was the latest of several rulings and policy announcements that will effectively roll back approaches on immigration initiated by the Bush administration.

LORAIN, Ohio – Aaron and Gracie Lumpkin don’t mind living in a homeless shelter. To them it’s a temporary stop on the road to independence.

MIAMI – Father Alberto Cutie, administrator of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Miami Beach and general director and president of Pax Catholic Communications, was removed from his posts after photos of him with a woman on the beach were released by a tabloid magazine May 5.

DULUTH, Ga. – Notre Dame Academy, a Marist-sponsored school in Duluth, recently became the first Catholic elementary school in the United States to be accredited to teach the International Baccalaureate primary years program designed for children 3 to 12 years old.

WASHINGTON – Catholic social justice leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to support the formation of an independent commission to investigate the use of torture by U.S. interrogators on suspected terrorists.

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO JORDAN – En route to Jordan, Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped his Holy Land pilgrimage would aid the Middle East peace process by highlighting the value of prayer and convincing people to leave behind factional interests.