ROME – The Democratic Party in the United States “risks transforming itself definitively into a ‘party of death,’” said U.S. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Vatican’s highest court.Read More

Kenneth Hackett knows things are bad when the Missionaries of Charity come knocking on his doors at the international headquarters of Catholic Relief Services in Baltimore.Read More

When Monsignor Robert L. Hartnett arrived at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex 12 years ago, the neighborhood parish was trying to hold together a surrounding community undergoing great change.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Even when it comes to morality, Catholics are not biblical fundamentalists, although they view the Bible as an important source of moral guidance, said top Catholic scholars.Read More

LONDON – A group of major world powers is failing to bring peace to the Holy Land, said a report by aid agencies and human rights groups.Read More

Somehow it seemed unthinkable.Read More

Retirement for Baltimore City’s former high-profile fire chief, William Goodwin, has been by his own account, a “bittersweet” experience.Read More

WASHINGTON – The legacy of President George W. Bush will be framed primarily by one event: the ongoing war in Iraq. WASHINGTON – The legacy of President George W. Bush will be framed primarily by one event: the ongoing war in Iraq. At five and a half years and running, the Iraq War – portrayed...Read More