WASHINGTON – With the fate of the current health reform bills in doubt, the next challenge is to convince members of Congress not to abandon the health reform effort entirely, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said Jan. 22.Read More

NEW ORLEANS – Haitian Catholics in New Orleans, many of whom lost loved ones in the cataclysmic earthquake that rocked the impoverished nation Jan. 12, gathered for Mass Jan. 15 at St. Katharine Drexel Church, seeking to support each other emotionally and spiritually and exchanging the latest bits of precious information.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has named a laywoman undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, marking the first time in more than 20 years that a woman has served as undersecretary of a pontifical council.Read More

WASHINGTON – A task force appointed in September by Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, has issued a set of preliminary recommendations designed to “broaden and deepen the pro-life culture” at the university.Read More

MEXICO CITY - Caritas search and rescue teams miraculously found and pulled a 69-year-old woman from the rubble of the badly damaged Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, where she had been clinging to life for seven days.Read More

PITTSBURGH – Capping a rescue that mesmerized much of the country following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, 53 orphans arrived safely at Pittsburgh International Airport Jan. 19.Read More

WASHINGTON – The election of Republican Scott Brown to fill the U.S. Senate seat held since 1962 by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts does not mean Catholic leaders will abandon efforts to achieve much-needed health reform.Read More

Roy Lobdell knows greatness is inside Forrest Rutledge. The wrestling coach sees it on the mat and in the hallways of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson each day.Read More