YAN’AN, China – Carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently from burning coal in a school dormitory in Shaanxi province, killed 11 Catholic girls ages 8-10 and left a 12th girl in a coma.Read More
BOSTON – The prayers of family and friends and the rosary helped a Brockton couple endure a 15-hour ordeal waiting to be rescued from their room in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India, which came under siege from terrorists Nov. 26.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI asked the knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem to continue praying and working to help Christians in the Holy Land, who are “burdened by an uncertain and dangerous climate.”Read More
UNITED NATIONS – A U.S. nun who was murdered in 2005 while she worked to defend the rights of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon region has been named a recipient of a prestigious U.N. human rights prize.Read More
ATLANTA – As a young Jesuit, Father John Dear chose to add his own vow of nonviolence to his order’s required vows of obedience, poverty and chastity.Read More
NEW YORK – They’re Austrian. They’re Catholic. They sing. That description might make readers think of “The Sound of Music” and the von Trapp family, but the singers in question are Cistercian monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz Abbey, a 12th-century monastery near Vienna.Read More
What’s the perfect prayer for Advent? Ironically, it’s right under our noses. Most of us would concede that the greatest prayer is the Our Father, the Lord’s Prayer, the one Jesus personally taught us. Curiously, the perfect Advent prayer is the one we say at Mass right after the Our Father.Read More
The coming of the Mill Hill Fathers to Baltimore was a landmark in the administration of Archbishop Martin Spalding. This group of priests was founded outside London by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan for the purpose of missionary work. On arriving in Baltimore, the black parish community of St. Francis Xavier was transferred from the care of...Read More
St. Clement Mary Hofbauer School, Rosedale, invited Poe, the Baltimore Ravens mascot, to help raise money for St. Jude's Children’s Hospital. Students paid a dollar each to dress in Ravens attire and have photos taken with the bird.Read More
Question: My parents are in their 80s. They have been retired for 10 years. They have experienced their share of health problems, which have created some financial difficulties. Fortunately, we have a big family and we have been able to give them the financial support they need. My husband and I want to try to...Read More