FULLERTON – As parish council president of St. Isaac Jogues in Carney, Tom Dauses constantly contemplates ways his faith community can thrive in the 21st century. Surrounded by archdiocesan parish leaders July 5 and 6 at St. Joseph in Fullerton, he was not alone in pondering the future.Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Nuclear weapons have “threatened humanity” for far too long and the world’s leaders lack the political will to remove “this scourge,” said the Vatican’s ambassador to the United Nations.Read More

OXFORD, England – Greece’s Catholic Church faces disaster because the current economic crisis is forcing it to end vital social and charitable projects, said Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos of Athens.Read More

WASHINGTON – Eight years ago Carolyn Woo was like many Catholics when it came to knowing about the work of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church and other Christian communities have been seeking the right balance between a truly respectful dialogue with other religions and an obligation to share their conviction that the fullness of salvation is found in Christ.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI officially began his summer vacation July 7, taking a helicopter from the Vatican to the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, less than 15 miles south of Rome.Read More

WASHINGTON – “God doesn’t put anything in your life that you can’t handle.”Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named an official delegation to represent him at the July 9 independence celebrations in Southern Sudan and charged members with conveying his hopes for “peace and prosperity” to citizens of the world’s newest nation.Read More