Elderly and infirmed Redemptorist priests and brothers will be relocating from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., to the Baltimore Archdiocese, as the religious order recently signed an agreement to lease the fifth floor of the Pangborn Wing of Stella Maris in Timonium.Read More
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican Supreme Court upheld a Mexico City abortion law when eight of the 11 justices refused to consider a constitutional challenge on the issue.Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Victoria Blackstone, 15, will briefly steal the spotlight during the first evening of the Republican National Convention Sept. 1. A sophomore at St. Agnes High School in St. Paul, she won the honor of leading convention attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance through a Twin Cities-area essay contest.Read More
WARSAW, Poland – Catholic aid workers in Georgia said diplomatic tensions between Russia and Georgia will not help refugees stranded by recent fighting between the two countries.Read More
Long before “Stop Snitching” became part of the urban parlance, drug dealers fired 52 machine-gun shots into the Baltimore home where Robert J. Nowlin Jr. lived – to send a message to his community activist father.Read More
The sounds of lutes, organs, brass, bagpipes, steel drums and all manner of choral ensembles will fill the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland again this year when the parish hosts its annual Cathedral Music Series.Read More
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Middle East has become a magnet for young women from Asia and Africa who are lured by the promise of jobs. For many, however, employment comes at a steep price.Read More