Babies cry less when they hear the sound of the harp. That’s not a mothering tip but an observation of nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, on days when harpist Cathy Maglaras wheels in her 12-pound Celtic instrument to strum tenderly in the company of incubated preemies.Read More

With Mother’s Day rapidly approaching, Father Leo Patalinghug believes it’s the perfect time to look to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the model for what motherhood is all about. Mary exemplifies the best qualities for raising children, he said, and she is a powerful intercessor for families looking for help rearing children.Read More

U.S. Army Lt. Lynette Jefferson may be serving thousands of miles away in Iraq, but she is certainly present in the hearts and minds of the parishioners of St. Luke, Edgemere.Read More

WASHINGTON – In an effort to block posthumous rebaptisms by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic dioceses throughout the world have been directed by the Vatican not to give information in parish registers to the Mormons’ Genealogical Society of Utah.Read More

WASHINGTON – Seventy-fifth anniversary or not, lunch still must be served at the New York Catholic Worker’s Maryhouse. Hungry people will be waiting, as they are every Ms. Day.Read More

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit impacted public attitudes toward the pope, the church and people’s willingness to live their faith more fully, according to a poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The many “difficulties and limitations” placed on the Catholic Church in Cuba have not stopped it from growing and from reaching out to help the poor and the sick, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

BALTIMORE – With at least 42 different nations represented in the congregation of St. Matthew, Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, wants the pastor of the Baltimore parish to share how he cultivated his multicultural ministry.Read More