SOCORRO, N.M. – The adobe churches that are a scenic fixture of New Mexico’s landscape are crumbling from the inside out.Read More

VATICAN CITY – In the middle of Pope Benedict XVI’s new book is a story about a hat, and it sheds light on the trials and tribulations of the modern papacy.Read More

WASHINGTON – The American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium, will close at the end of this academic year because of the small number of seminarians and difficulties in obtaining qualified priests for its faculty.Read More

WASHINGTON – While cremation is not prohibited unless it is chosen for reasons “contrary to Christian teaching,” the Catholic Church prefers that the body of a deceased person be buried in accord with church custom, according to statements issued by two U.S. archdioceses.Read More

WASHINGTON – An interfaith group of more than 50 members three years ago pledged to join in an effort to cut U.S. poverty in half by 2020.Read More

WASHINGTON – Despite a recent Pew Research Center survey that found a growing number of Americans – now 39 percent, up from 28 percent in 1978 – think marriage is becoming obsolete, family ministers across the country say they believe marriage remains a strong institution.Read More

WASHINGTON – Catholic and other religious leaders have urged the U.S. Senate to ratify the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by the end of the year, saying the pact is important for the future of the world and critical to making it safer.Read More

How providential that the Church gives us November to honor the souls of the dead – and for two reasons. First, to commend our loved ones to the mercy of God, thanking the Lord for the lives we’ve shared with them and commending them to God for their good works while they were among us.Read More