I want to comment on Father Peter J. Daly’s article, “Baby’s early death teaches important lesson on life” (CR, July 19).Read More

LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the “useless slaughter” of war and asked that “the rule of law” replace the recourse to weapons.Read More

BOGOTA, Colombia – African Catholic leaders discussed the church’s different roles in some of the world’s most intractable and violent conflicts during a recent Catholic peace conference in Colombia. Across Africa, where Catholics and Christians are minorities in most nations, the Catholic Church’s role is different and difficult, said some of the leaders.Read More

UPDATED For the second time since May, St. Gregory the Great collected guns July 21 to get them off of the street in response to an escalating violent-crime rate in the city. The Baltimore City parish expects to hold two more firearm compilations before the year is out. It’s a growing trend for religious communities...Read More

On his first day of school in the United States in December 1969, Dr. Andres Antonio Alonso got lost. Curiosity led the Cuban immigrant away from the safety of the schoolyard and into unfamiliar territory in his new Union City, N.J., neighborhood. Although he had no money and did not speak the language, the child...Read More

Claire Pitz believes Towson Catholic High School is among the best-kept secrets in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. As the school’s new principal, she wants to change that.Read More

Mary Cutter and Barbara Aupperly have spent countless hours creating characters, designing bulletin boards and cutting out name tags to engage the classroom full of young students ready to learn.Read More

Failing a test, new teachers, more homework and different classmates are all things elementary school students think about as they work their way toward the doors of their school buildings.Read More