LONDON – Catholic officials are investigating claims that a severely deformed baby was born in a perfectly normal condition after the child’s mother prayed to Cardinal John Henry Newman for a miracle.Read More

As the new school year opens some questions about Catholic education are plaguing me.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Even though the Vatican Library is opening its doors after a three-year major renovation, most of the general public will never get a chance to walk down the frescoed halls of the pope’s library.Read More

BRUSSELS – Belgium’s Catholic bishops said they would learn from their errors after an independent report highlighted hundreds of cases of sexual abuse by clergy.Read More

WASHINGTON – Less than four months remain until voters in Southern Sudan are scheduled to decide whether to form their own country, yet little work seems to have been completed in preparation for the vote, said a U.S. bishop.Read More

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI warned of moral and ethical erosion in his native Germany, particularly on right-to-life and marriage issues.Read More

Some Catholics have abandoned Catholic social action initiatives for pluralistic social action initiatives based on tolerance, compromise and government solutions to social problems. For example, Network, a National Catholic social justice lobby, favors a distinctly pluralistic identity. In contrast the Knights of Columbus favors a distinctly Catholic identity.Read More

WASHINGTON – Shortly before the pastor of a small Florida Pentecostal church appeared to back down from plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11, the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined in condemnation of any acts of religious intolerance.Read More