PERTH, Australia – Governments are bypassing faith-based organizations that do the bulk of the work with AIDS victims while spending billions of dollars on AIDS relief, said Caritas Internationalis’ special adviser to the United Nations on HIV and AIDS.Read More

Georgina Vaca had been waiting for one moment for two years. Standing in front of a crowd of more than 150 young Hispanics gathered at St. John the Evangelist, Columbia, she held a large binder in her hands.Read More

The spirit of cooperation at the newest school location in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was noted by Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden.Read More

Earlier this month, what a privilege it was for me to concelebrate Mass with our Holy Father in Rome to mark the canonization of five new saints. Each of these became great because each became a servant, a slave of all in imitation of Christ who did not come to be served, but to serve...Read More

The children who attend the Good Samaritans School in Haiti are ready for more. Elementary schools there go up to sixth grade; beyond that is high school.Read More

VATICAN CITY - During a special synod dedicated to peace and justice in Africa, Pope Benedict XVI named African Cardinal Peter Turkson as head of the Vatican’s justice and peace council.Read More

“Spiritual Father” is perhaps the most common title used today to describe a Roman Catholic ministerial priest. It’s also the most comprehensive, all-embracing description of what a priest is expected to be and do as he prolongs the life-giving presence of Christ among us.Read More

VATICAN CITY – After three weeks of discussion and strategizing, the Synod of Bishops for Africa ended with calls for spiritual conversion and social reforms on the African continent.Read More