They devoted their lives to educating and ministering to others, often in some of the most troubled urban areas of the country. Now the retired and infirmed Oblate Sisters of Providence are getting a state-of-the art retirement facility that will allow others to minister to them.Read More
More than 100 Catholic Daughters of the Americas from various courts throughout Maryland convened Sept. 27 for the Maryland State Court 2008 Fall Conference.Read More
If Eva Queral Fiastro could write a book about the three women who greatly impacted her life, it would focus on her mother and two nuns at Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson, from where she graduated in 1969.Read More
WASHINGTON – Voter registration is up nationwide and the U.S. presidential election captured the world’s attention some time ago, but the current economic crisis that prompted Congress to approve a $700 billion financial recovery package seems to be creating a more intensive focus by voters on the candidates.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Israeli Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen, the chief rabbi of Haifa, asked Pope Benedict XVI and top Catholic leaders to continue learning to appreciate the Jewish people and to speak out to defend Israel.Read More
DEKALB, Ill. – Catholics from across the Midwest got a chance to rub elbows with their favorite personalities from the Eternal Word Television Network during the EWTN Family Conference in DeKalb Oct. 4-5.Read More
On a day Catholics throughout the archdiocese showed their support for the sanctity of human life with special Masses and prayer vigils, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien called on legislators to protect innocent life.Read More
In his ministry as a deacon, St. Francis of Assisi was beloved for his legendary humility and his unwavering commitment to the Catholic Church. On the Oct. 4 feast day of the popular saint, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien encouraged current and future deacons of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to look to St. Francis as a...Read More
ROME – At a Mass to open the world Synod of Bishops on the Bible, Pope Benedict XVI said knowledge of Scripture was essential to the church’s evangelizing mission in an increasingly godless society.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The church must find ways to help Catholic couples see the beauty of respecting the true design of procreation and avoid artificial reproduction and contraception, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The current global financial crisis illustrates why it is a mistake to build a life on passing realities like money and success, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More