VATICAN CITY – The international community needs farsighted individuals and institutions capable of promoting values that will increase dialogue, justice and peace, said former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The almost 84-year-old professor said he agreed to come to the Vatican and address the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences because he was interested in...Read More

Sixty-three graduating seniors representing 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were recognized as “distinctive scholars” for their academic excellence and leadership. The awards were presented April 24 during convocation at Towson Catholic High School. Three students from each school received the award. Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, led a vespers service...Read More

SALT LAKE CITY – The April 16 shooting rampage on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., was felt by alumni who live far from the university. Daniel O. Adams, a Virginia Tech alumnus who is director of the composite mechanics laboratory at the University of Utah, was shocked by the events that took...Read More

A new project at St. Athanasius, Curtis Bay, is expected to bring a little more green to the planet, parish grounds and church coffers. With the delivery of a green and orange dumpster in the St. Athanasius parking lot last month, parishioners have been eagerly disposing their discarded paper products by the ton in a...Read More

A funeral Mass for James P. Lazzati, a founder of the Monsignor Clare J. O’Dwyer Youth Retreat House in Sparks, was offered April 21 at St. Leo, Little Italy. Mr. Lazzati died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, April 17. He was 90 and the last living founder of the retreat house.Read More

A funeral Mass for Sister M. Patrice Conlon, I.H.M, was offered April 14 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. Sister Conlon died April 11. She was 85.Read More

VATICAN CITY – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit the United Nations headquarters in New York during a private meeting at the Vatican. The two leaders discussed global trouble spots and cultural tensions during a 20-minute encounter in the pope’s private library April 18. It was the first papal audience for...Read More