The following excerpts are from a letter that was sent to Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame:Read More

AMMAN, Jordan – Pope Benedict XVI’s first stop in Jordan was at a church-run facility for people with disabilities, a place he said demonstrates how suffering can change people for the better.Read More

VATICAN CITY – As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to visit Israel in early May, Jewish leaders involved in dialogue appeared to be hopeful and not particularly wary about what the pope would say.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision May 4 that said the government was wrong to prosecute illegal immigrants for identity theft in certain types of cases was the latest of several rulings and policy announcements that will effectively roll back approaches on immigration initiated by the Bush administration.Read More

Surrounded by some young men who were less than half his age, Father Samuel V. Young admitted to nerves as he stood on the putting green of Winters Run Golf Club in Bel Air.Read More

LORAIN, Ohio – Aaron and Gracie Lumpkin don’t mind living in a homeless shelter. To them it’s a temporary stop on the road to independence.Read More

DULUTH, Ga. – Notre Dame Academy, a Marist-sponsored school in Duluth, recently became the first Catholic elementary school in the United States to be accredited to teach the International Baccalaureate primary years program designed for children 3 to 12 years old.Read More

The Mount de Sales Academy community is mourning the loss of Amy Adams, a 2006 alumna who died May 3.Read More