The Marion I & Henry J. Knott Foundation recently awarded St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School with a $23,000 grant, which will support the Hampden school’s art program this coming school year.Read More

Sister Constance “Connie” Gilder, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s delegate to religious, is leaving the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the end of August to take on a leadership role with her Philadelphia-based religious community.Read More

VATICAN CITY – “Honor, greetings and blessings to you, conquerors of the moon, pale lamp of our nights and our dreams,” Pope Paul VI said in a message to the three Apollo 11 astronauts who had just landed on the moon.Read More

HOLLEY, N.Y. – To residents of China, Russia and a score of smaller countries, it didn’t appear that Michael Fahey was riding a bicycle built for two.Read More

God has a purpose for each person he creates. It’s our job to discern what that purpose is and live it out faithfully.Read More

WASHINGTON – About 65 young pro-life activists picketed outside the California governor’s office demanding taxpayer money be used to fund education and law enforcement – two sectors affected by budget cuts – rather than for organizations that support abortions.Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A ruling that removes a federal injunction against a parental notification law means “for the first time in decades Illinois will enjoy an entirely reasonable, if minimal, restriction on access to abortion,” a Catholic official said July 14.Read More

The Ronald J. Engle Memorial Scout Foundation presented its first annual Legacy and Courage Awards.Read More