WASHINGTON – Saying that marriage between a man and a woman “is the bedrock of any society,” Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, denounced the Aug. 4 decision of a federal judge to overturn a California voter-backed initiative that essentially banned same-sex marriage.Read More

TOULOUSE, France – With sore feet and stiff shoulders, Dominic Jacques entered Toulouse’s St. Sernin Basilica like so many before him: wearing a heavy pack on his back, a white scallop shell on his side, and a look of wonder on his face.Read More

ARLINGTON, Va. – Two members of the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia remained in critical condition Aug. 4 following an accident that killed another member of their religious community.Read More

According to the The New Missal series reflection (CR, July 29), “Polls show that many Catholics do not understand that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist.” How is this possible? If true, what else do many Catholics not understand about their faith that they ought to understand? Whose fault is it?Read More

ST. MARC, Haiti – It is well after hours for the students of The Good Samaritans School, but Dieula, one of its bright 13-year-olds, is in the home of its founder, using the evening to polish a foreign tongue that will supplement her native Creole.Read More

I think I’m in love. “With whom?” you may ask. With that female voice inside my GPS system!Read More

Marvin Mullens can’t hold back the tears.Read More

With an enrollment topping 780 and a staff approaching 100, St. Margaret School in Bel Air is one of the biggest schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More