WASHINGTON – An interfaith group of more than 50 members three years ago pledged to join in an effort to cut U.S. poverty in half by 2020.Read More

WASHINGTON – Despite a recent Pew Research Center survey that found a growing number of Americans – now 39 percent, up from 28 percent in 1978 – think marriage is becoming obsolete, family ministers across the country say they believe marriage remains a strong institution.Read More

WASHINGTON – Catholic and other religious leaders have urged the U.S. Senate to ratify the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by the end of the year, saying the pact is important for the future of the world and critical to making it safer.Read More

How providential that the Church gives us November to honor the souls of the dead – and for two reasons. First, to commend our loved ones to the mercy of God, thanking the Lord for the lives we’ve shared with them and commending them to God for their good works while they were among us.Read More

I’m already tired of the holidays.Read More

A great saint and mystic once said that if the only prayer we said was “Thank You,” it would be enough. Since most of us are still “saints in training,” it’s OK for us to ask for things in prayer. But while we ask for what we want, we must never forget to constantly say...Read More

VATICAN CITY – In a new book, Pope Benedict XVI said that his trip to the United States “revitalized the positive energies of the faith” at a time when the clerical abuse scandal was back in the headlines.Read More

OCEAN CITY – Bekkah Gomer knew she was meant to attend the Baltimore Youth Catholic Conference.Read More