In the midst of this protracted election season, a seeming division among the Catholic leadership in our country has emerged, representing different approaches to this year’s document of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” Despite these differences, the Catholic bishops of the United States remain totally and universally committed to...Read More
During her years as a participant in Habitat for Humanity home buildings, Patti Maillett has seen a number of keys handed over to new homeowners.Read More
FREDERICK – Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien encouraged 30 confirmation candidates from St. Katharine Drexel in Frederick to take a stand for their faith during an Oct. 26 Mass.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced that the request by officials of St. Thomas More Academy, a private school in the Frederick area, for recognition as a Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, has been denied based on the school’s refusal to implement the “Catechesis for Human Sexuality,” a family life program that focuses...Read More
WASHINGTON – An overseer of the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, expects the incoming president to fully embrace the $48 billion package to provide treatment and prevention campaigns globally.Read More
FAIRFAX, Va. – David Siegel takes a highly personal view of his job as acting director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Department of Health and Human Services.Read More
After robbers scaled a wall topped by a fence, kicked doors in, ransacked the place and terrorized an elderly friar, Father Paul Zaborowski prayed for them.Read More
Chase Hilgenbrinck was happily living his dream of playing professional soccer for the first-place New England Revolution when he turned the ball over to God.Read More
Looking at ways to collaborate on issues of immigration and spirituality, 60 heads of women’s and men’s religious congregations and other leaders met at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore Oct. 27 for the 55th Forum of Major Superiors.Read More
WASHINGTON – If a group of Catholics were to sit down to read four or five of the “Catholic voter guides” in circulation before Election Day, it wouldn’t be surprising if they ended the session more confused than when they began.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI closed the Synod of Bishops on the Bible by preaching a lesson on love of God and neighbor, saying the word of God must be put into practice through service to others.Read More