PITTSBURGH – Manfred Honeck, the new music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, said he has come to understand how God has worked in his life and led him to where he is.Read More

WASHINGTON – The May 15 California Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage continued to draw condemnation from Catholic leaders across the country as an act that destroys God’s plan for humanity.Read More

VATICAN CITY – It makes little sense for the Catholic Church to complain about ethical failures in the media if it is not paying attention to educating future communicators in ethics, said Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.Read More

The size of the first graduating class of Sisters Academy of Baltimore, Lansdowne, is the same size of some Catholic families. Although the 10 girls are not all Catholic nor are they sisters, their connection over the past four years since the school opened has been like a family, more distinctively – a sisterhood.Read More

Andrew Newton was jealous when his mom and dad tried on their graduation caps and gowns.Read More

Notre Dame Preparatory School senior Erin Workmeister, a member of the Towson school’s basketball team, was honored as one of two McCormick Unsung Heroes May 12 at The Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.Read More

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s Sarah’s Hope, a 24-hour shelter and resource center serving homeless families and single women, will no longer operate from the Eastern Family Resource Center in Rosedale, effective June 30.Read More

Maryland Catholic schoolteachers and college students who wish to teach in the state’s Catholic schools are eligible to receive state scholarships to pursue careers in fields with a critical teacher shortage. The deadline to apply for the 2008-2009 academic year is July 1.Read More