VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI blessed a 30-foot-high statue of Mary to celebrate its restoration eight months after a gust of wind knocked it off its perch on a hillside overlooking Rome.Read More

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – Father John Amsberry, pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Portland, Ore., paused halfway across the stage and looked out at the young audience.Read More

A couple of weeks ago I met with diocesan directors of Hispanic Ministry of Washington, D.C., Arlington, Va., Wilmington, Del., and Richmond, Va. We had a lively conversation about the challenges and opportunities of ministering today to Hispanic Catholics. We discussed some recent research done on the topic, especially one provided by the Pew Research...Read More

When I had finished speaking at a Communion Breakfast recently, a woman came up to me and said, “Father. Joe, I have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My doctor gave me three weeks to live!” She paused and then added,: “It’s been six years since that diagnosis and I’m still alive!”Read More

ROME – In the basement of an Italian insurance company’s modern office building, Vatican archaeologists – armed with lasers – discovered important historical evidence about the development of Christian devotion to the apostles.Read More

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Child soldiers have become the “new low-technology weapon” of today’s wars, said the retired Canadian general who led U.N. peacekeeping forces during the Rwandan genocide.Read More

As a critical election in Southern Sudan draws near, Sudanese Catholic leaders are appealing to the United States and Western nations to speak out more strongly against violence that could plunge the African nation back into a full-scale civil war.Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Catholic Church in Kenya has called for a day of prayer June 27 as voters consider their stance on a referendum on the country’s draft constitution.Read More