U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speak Nov. 28 after the Senate Budget Committee voted on the markup of fiscal year 2018 budget reconciliation bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate also was preparing to vote in December on tax cut legislation, which 2,400 religious leaders called "fiscally irresponsible." (CNS...Read More
With the assistance of Catholic Charities, White Hall residents Mary and Eric Hoopert are in the process of legally adopting Rachel, 12, and Samuel, 9, siblings from the Philippines. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Dan and his wife, Tere, along with their sons, Danny and Will, welcomed Caitie, center, into their home when she was just two weeks old. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Steven Alford took advantage of every chance he had to perform during his four years at Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
The Archdiocese of Washington filed suit in federal court Nov. 28 over the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's advertising guidelines after the transit system rejected an Advent and Christmas advertisement. (CNS photo/Archdiocese of Washington)Read More
Pope Francis arrives with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivasma, chairman of the supreme council of Buddhist monks, for a meeting with monks of the council at the Kaba Aye pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Read More
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, center, is congratulated by John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, and Andrew Abela, the university's provost, after receiving an honorary doctorate of theology Nov. 14 at the university. (CNS photo/Dana Rene Bowler, The Catholic University of America)Read More