WASHINGTON – Archbishop Timothy P. A. Broglio was installed Jan. 25 as the Archbishop for Military Services, USA at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington.Read More
When Sister Marietta Russell, M.H.S.H., participated in the last regularly scheduled Sunday Mass at St. Martin, Jan. 27, she reflected not only on her last nine years as a parishioner and leader of a parish sewing group, she recalled that her religious order got its start in that very west Baltimore building 118 years ago.Read More
Paulist Father Isaac Thomas Hecker was “a real-life saint like you and me,” Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York said Jan. 27, describing the founder of the Paulist Fathers.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Almsgiving helps Christians conquer the constant temptation to become slaves to wealth and material goods, Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2008 message for Lent. The practice of almsgiving “represents a specific way to assist those in need and, at the same time, an exercise in self-denial to free us from attachment...Read More
WASHINGTON – A family of six Iraqis lives in a unheated, single room in Beirut, Lebanon – the adults unable to work legally, the teenager with diabetes unable to get medical care or attend school.Read More
Magic-mania erupted as the buzzer sounded on Jan. 25 at the Towson Center, as the Mercy High School Magic outscored the Institute of Notre Dame 44-28 to take a 26-16 lead in this 42-year-old tradition called “The Game.”Read More
Talk about a whirlwind week for the Mount de Sales Academy swim team. To start the week, the Catonsville Sailors faced perennial power McDonogh School on Jan. 23 during their regular IAAM A Conference season and up-ended McDonogh’s 51-game winning streak for the win. The team took that momentum right into Jan. 27 and the...Read More
Sue Barnabae nearly skipped Saturday evening Mass at St. Peter the Apostle, Jan. 26, because she thought the last regular Mass at her longtime west Baltimore parish would be too sad.Read More
The annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., always provides a very public way for pro-life advocates to show their support for the sanctity of life.Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. – In a pastoral letter on “Celebrating the Year of St. Paul,” Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli of Wilmington has called on the faithful in his diocese to discern “how best to study, pray and celebrate the life, inspired writing, spirituality and missionary spirit of St. Paul.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – In Rome, like in any other diocese, the search for Christian unity is fueled by the prayers and friendships of neighbors and their local pastors.Read More