In the wake of the Maryland Senate’s rejection of a ban on the death penalty, repeal advocates are shifting their attention to the House of Delegates where the Judiciary Committee is expected to take up the controversial issue in a March 17 hearing.Read More

DUBLIN, Ireland – The shooting of a policeman in Northern Ireland was described as “cold-blooded murder” by Bishop John McAreavey of Dromore and his Church of Ireland counterpart, who said there is “no going back” to the days of violence that killed more than 3,500 people over 30 years.Read More

The pro-life movement has taken it on the chin in the last two months, but you wouldn’t know it from the optimism that 1,000 pro-life supporters brought to the streets of Annapolis March 9 for the 30th annual Maryland March for Life.Read More

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined a broad group of religious, justice, and relief and development organizations in calling upon President Barack Obama to assist and protect vulnerable Iraqis and pursue efforts that lead to long-term development in war-torn Iraq.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is considering the preparation of a major document on new media and their implications for the church’s communications strategy.Read More

Mike Mandella opened the doors to the mostly darkened church and immediately looked in the direction of pools of bright light that spilled onto the floor from the two open reconciliation rooms.Read More

Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, who runs the largest gang intervention program in the U.S., will bury his 165th youth this week. The executive director of the Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, Father Boyle has gotten former gang members invited to the White House for dinner with Laura Bush, blessed the daughter of a gang member before...Read More

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s executive order reversing the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research represents “a sad victory of politics over science and ethics,” Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia said shortly after the March 9 signing of the order at the White House.Read More