Kim Belmore needed answers for her daughter, Carley. Carley had been diagnosed with dyslexia while a student at Sacred Heart of Mary School in Graceland Park. Kim, a physical education teacher, was paying substantial money for an outside tutor, but some learning connections for her daughter weren’t being made.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and Bolivian President Evo Morales, meeting at the Vatican May 17, discussed the need to protect the environment.Read More

DUBLIN – A new report from a church-funded body set up to improve child protection procedures and policies reported nearly 200 new allegations of church-related child abuse in a year.Read More

BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters and the Thai army prevented a Catholic-run charity and other nongovernmental organizations from rescuing women and children trapped within a commercial district of central Bangkok as clashes between the two sides escalated.Read More

ROME – A lack of expert opinion in media coverage of the clerical sex abuse scandal has led to a climate of “moral panic,” which does nothing to help people understand the tragedy of abuse or keep children safe, said an influential Jesuit journal.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Roman Inquisition and the Index of Forbidden Books obviously do not represent the brightest chapters in Catholic history, but newly published documents from Vatican archives should help scholars distinguish between the truth and the dark legends.Read More

William J. Baird III required fewer introductions than normal May 13, when Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced his appointment as the chief financial officer for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More

WASHINGTON – A delegation of Arizona religious leaders made the rounds in Washington May 13, encouraging members of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform and discussing possible legal challenges to the state’s new immigration law with staff at the Justice Department and the White House.Read More