NEW YORK – Speakers at the 15th annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists heard diverse contemporary examples of those following Jesus’ exhortation from the Gospel of Mark: “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”Read More
WASHINGTON – On the first day of November 2007, U.S. Sen. John Kerry finally gave a roomful of religion reporters the speech they waited to hear from him during the 2004 presidential campaign, when he was the Democratic nominee.Read More
When students arrive at college as eager young freshmen, they are embarking on more than four years of higher education. It’s also the time when they will lay the foundation for what they will do with the rest of their lives. Given that they are naturally asking questions about their calling in life, it’s important...Read More
Corenta Mukantamati uprooted herself and her daughter from war-torn Rwanda 13 years ago, moving from country to country in Africa. Finally, she was granted permission to immigrate to the United States last December.Read More
This year, Baltimoreans can enjoy the New York City skyline, jazz music at a Harlem nightclub and Times Square congestion all without leaving the city.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Engineers, scientists, and computer whizzes study or manipulate nature and machines to find sound, logical solutions to nagging questions and everyday problems.Read More
OLATHE, Kan. – It takes a village to raise a child. When Kate and David Brooks found out they were expecting for the second time, they had no idea how true those words would become for their family. Shortly thereafter, the couple found out that Kate was carrying not one, but five babies. Quintuplets.Read More
As Americans gather around dining room tables this November to celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving, more than 37 million people across the United States will be living in poverty.Read More
St. Cecilia Evening Vespers, which will include a blessing of liturgical and music ministers, will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Marikle Chapel at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore.Read More
WASHINGTON – A recent series by The Associated Press illustrating the “widespread” extent of sexual abuse in the nation’s public schools and the failure of those in authority to stop it is a serious wake-up call for the nation say some officials.Read More
PACHACUTEC, Peru – Higinia Rupay remembers her terror as the ground began to heave and bricks from the neighbor’s wall crashed through the flimsy roof of her home.Read More