In death, Michael Murphy was remembered as a man who breathed new life into everything he touched.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Public officials who openly support same-sex marriage cannot consider themselves to be Catholic, said an Italian cardinal.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said priestly sexual abuse was a “heinous crime” and a grave sin, and he urged Irish bishops to act courageously to repair their failures to deal properly with such cases.Read More

For some men, it’s a woman’s smile, her eyes or a sweet disposition.Read More

About 700 to 800 people file into Our Daily Employment Center in Baltimore City for its hot meal program that serves between 150 and 200 casseroles a day. In some years, the center gives out more than 250,000 feasts that include vegetables and other dietary necessities to the hungry. A stable of 30-40 volunteers help...Read More

It’s not just mounds of snow that many parishes are digging out of these days. Without people in the pews to make regular contributions, many faith communities are also struggling to overcome piles of bills – including unexpected ones relating to the high cost of snow removal.Read More

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee was resting in a Florida hospital Feb. 15, five days after undergoing surgery to remove a hematoma that had formed on his brain.Read More

ROME – Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to a church-run shelter for the homeless and said concrete acts of charity were essential expressions of the Christian faith.Read More