VATICAN CITY – Pakistan’s president may not have the political strength needed to abolish the anti-blasphemy law that places Christians at risk, but he has promised to try to revise the law, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.Read More

OTTAWA, Ontario – Jason Kenney, minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, has fired back at Canada’s bishops who criticized his recently introduced anti-human smuggling bill.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI would welcome having an electric popemobile as a further sign of his commitment to protecting natural resources and safeguarding the earth, said a top Vatican official.Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. – A Superior Court jury in Delaware’s Kent County has awarded clergy sex abuse victim John Vai $3 million in damages from St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington for the parish’s negligent supervision of former priest Francis DeLuca when he was stationed at the parish.Read More

Sister Eleanor Noll was part of a small community of Benedictine sisters who relocated to Baltimore in 1971, during a time when nuns were changing not just their traditional habits but also their roles.Read More

Father Michael J. Ruane, the pastor of St. Michael, Poplar Springs, nodded toward the couple to his left.Read More

“You should write a column about that.” So suggested a military chaplain friend some weeks ago when the shortage of priest chaplains was being discussed. Not that our Archdiocese is in a position to do much more. By the end of the year, we will have our suggested quota of six priests on active duty...Read More

Several weeks ago, an invitation was issued by Bishop Denis J. Madden and the Office and Board of African American Catholic Ministries. The invitation called forth leaders in the African-American Catholic community to gather to explore issues impacting parish life as discussions on the clergy shortage have pursued and to brainstorm new insights toward increasing...Read More