In what Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta called “a milestone on the ecumenical journey,” the U.S. Catholic bishops affirmed an agreement to recognize baptisms in four Protestant church communities.Read More

I’m sorry so many of our Catholic faithful feel so burdened by the upcoming changes in the Missal. We should be looking at these changes as opportunities to grow in our faith. Is there any correlation in increased Mass attendance the past 40 years using the current missal, or the singing of some of those...Read More

The College of Notre Dame of Maryland will become the Notre Dame of Maryland University Sept. 9, 2011, 116 years after the institution had its first day of class.Read More

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services appealed to his fellow bishops Nov. 15 to release more of their priests for service as military chaplains.Read More

Amy Lamke admits that her life once was a little boring.Read More

Father Thomas T. Polk, a priest who threw himself into urban ministry and later led a fast-growing parish in Frederick County, died Nov. 10 after battling dementia for several years. He was 69.Read More

In his final address as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago criticized those who define the church’s usefulness by whether it provides “foot soldiers for a political commitment, whether of the left or the right.”Read More

VATICAN CITY – While the church is looking for creative ways to evangelize through new media, the actions of Catholics always speak louder than words, said Pope Benedict XVI.Read More