Although November was established as the month we celebrate National Black Catholic History, it is also the month we celebrated National Native American Heritage.Read More

My little cat, Pharaoh, died Oct. 25th. My friend, who is the ‘mother’ of my cats, was with me in Pharaoh’s final agony. His final death-bed cry pierced our hearts. We knew it was time to let him go.Read More

When I was little, I thought Advent was all about “waiting” – just waiting for Christmas Eve and Christmas to come, so we could put the baby Jesus in the manger of the Nativity set. It seemed to be reinforced by some of the Scriptures that talked about watching and waiting, like the story of...Read More

WASHINGTON – Catholic groups with a stake in matters of war and peace were alternately hopeful and dejected by President Barack Obama’s plan to add 30,000 troops to the war effort in Afghanistan.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Washington Archdiocese vowed continued dialogue with the District of Columbia’s City Council to seek “a balance of interests in the legislation” after the council Dec. 1 gave preliminary approval to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.Read More

WASHINGTON — Proselytism must never involve coercion or manipulation, agreed Jewish and Catholic leaders at a fall dialogue session in New York.Read More

MEXICO CITY — The president of the Honduran bishops’ communications department expressed early satisfaction with Nov. 29 elections that he said would allow the Central American country to emerge from a five-month political crisis provoked by the ouster and exile of President Manuel Zelaya.Read More

This inaugural Mass in April of 2005, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed, “The Church is alive … the Church is young.”Read More