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This year's Earth Day theme is "End Plastic Pollution," and I discovered that Ireland, progressive little country that it is, had passed a plastic bag tax in 2002. It was then I realized I hadn't seen any plastic bags in Ireland.
For American religious orders, however, an upcoming conference at Jesuit-run Boston College will address a pressing need — the preservation and archiving of their history, typically of grass-roots assistance of the neediest in rural and urban areas.
p class="Body">Cardinal Dolan, chairman of the board of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, led a delegation from CNEWA to health care facilities across the Lebanese capital of Beirut April 16.
p class="Body">The top scientific student minds of the Diocese of Arlington put their months of hard work on display at the 21st annual science fair at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax April 14
The pro-life event benefited Mary’s Shelter, a home that provides expectant mothers and their children with housing for up to three years; Bethany Christian Services, a pregnancy counseling and adoption program; and Choices Women’s Center, a pregnancy resource center.
Retired Pope Benedict XVI had a "peaceful and familial" 91st birthday April 16, celebrating with his 94-year-old brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who was visiting from Germany, the Vatican said.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrates a Holy Hour for Vocations at St. Timothy Church in Chantilly April 13.
Emanuele was allowed to ask Pope Francis a question, but couldn't do it. So Pope Francis invited the weeping child to whisper the question in his ear, wrapped him in an embrace and patted him on the head.
