VATICAN CITY – A group of Nigerian bishops expressed hope that Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to Africa will spur the troubled continent on a path toward peace, justice and reconciliation.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Textbooks used in Catholic and Muslim schools and in predominantly Catholic or Muslim nations should be reviewed and revised to ensure a respectful, accurate portrayal of the history and beliefs of the other community, said members of a Catholic-Muslim dialogue.Read More
WASHINGTON – Support Our Aging Religious, a national organization working to help U.S. religious congregations finance the retirement of their elderly and infirm members, will distribute $1 million in grants to 58 religious congregations this year.Read More
BRAINTREE, Mass. – The Vatican’s top official on Catholic-Jewish relations will attend a March 25 rededication of a Holocaust memorial menorah that symbolizes the close relationship between the Catholic and Jewish communities in Boston.Read More
WASHINGTON – The losses incurred by Catholic institutions in the stock market since last autumn are roughly the same as the hits taken by other investors, according to a financier who estimates he gives investment advice to more U.S. dioceses than any other firm.Read More
Anna Santana faces many bills at the start of each month, not the least of which being the tuition payment at The Catholic High School of Baltimore for her daughter Samantha.Read More
Molly Hennessey wrapped her arms around her mother, Karen, as the two sat at the dinner table of the family’s Ellicott City home, the wind of a February night howling outside.Read More
WASHINGTON – At a Feb. 25 workshop during the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, speakers asked for a show of hands from those who worked in pro-life ministries for their diocese or parish. A majority of workshop participants raised their hands.Read More
WASHINGTON – A Catholic congressman is protesting a decision of the House leadership to block consideration of two abortion-related amendments to the $410 billion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2009.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The global economic crisis has contributed to the delay in the publication of Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, not for financial reasons, but because the crisis has demonstrated how important and how complicated the topic is.Read More