WASHINGTON – The U.S. electorate appears to have focused more on the struggling economy than social issues as they selected governors and members of Congress, with Democrats making gains throughout the country.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. electorate appears to have focused more on the struggling economy than social issues as they selected governors and members of Congress, with Democrats making gains throughout the country.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 5, congratulating him and offering his prayers for Obama and for all the people of the United States.

Dennis M. Murphy gestured toward bare shelves in the walk-in refrigerator at Our Daily Bread in Baltimore.

More than a year ago, students from three different Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore promised they would come together to refurbish a fire-damaged home in the Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore City.

WASHINGTON – However the post-election analysis interprets the actual influence of the religion-based aspects of this year’s presidential campaign, the rules of that part of the political playbook may have changed for good.
VATICAN CITY – On the eve of the first meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum, the cardinal responsible for the dialogue said he hoped it would open “a new chapter” in a long history of Catholic-Muslim relations.
ROME – Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the 1968 encyclical “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) has cut off the church from many of the people who most need its advice about human sexuality.

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed Monsignor Richard Woy to an administrative post overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Catholic Center in downtown Baltimore.
WASHINGTON – When Father Peter Stravinskas went to Catholic high school back in the 1960s, tuition was initially $150 a year. By the time he graduated it had doubled. Now the school’s annual tuition of about $8,000 not only gives him pause but also keeps him extremely busy.

VATICAN CITY – The death of a loved one brings pain and sadness, but Christians believe their loved ones will have eternal life in Jesus Christ and that they will be united again with them in heaven, Pope Benedict XVI said.

HAZEL PARK, Mich. – Father Bob Williams has a lot of reasons to love election season – about 25,000 of them, in fact.

WASHINGTON – The number of refugees admitted to the United States in the fiscal year ending in September increased substantially over the previous two years, though it still falls far short of resettlements before the 2001 terrorist attacks brought changes to admissions requirements.
