Catholic elementary schools throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore are keeping precise track of what’s happening in the classroom thanks to a computerized process known as curriculum mapping.Read More
As Sam Torres begins his new role as principal of Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland, the parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland said he is looking forward to a new approach to the curriculum the school will introduce this year.Read More
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said it hopes that allegations of adultery against Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo will not divert attention from the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe.Read More
OMAHA, Neb. – Members of more than 275 churches in Omaha attended the Luis Palau Heartland Festival July 14-15 to listen to Palau and to praise Jesus. Omaha’s event was the first time a Catholic archdiocese or diocese had publicly endorsed the Palau festival, with Omaha Archbishop Elden F. Curtiss making an appearance onstage to...Read More
He’s a blue-collar baseball man through and through, with a work ethic and drive that has proven to be second-to-none. He is the pride of Harford County and the entire state of Maryland and on July 29, Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. will enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.Read More
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the “useless slaughter” of war and asked that “the rule of law” replace the recourse to weapons.Read More
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – In deciding a correct course of action, a person must determine not just whether a means is efficient, but, more importantly, whether it respects the dignity of the person and natural law, a physician told a University of Notre Dame audience July 15.Read More
BOGOTA, Colombia – African Catholic leaders discussed the church’s different roles in some of the world’s most intractable and violent conflicts during a recent Catholic peace conference in Colombia. Across Africa, where Catholics and Christians are minorities in most nations, the Catholic Church’s role is different and difficult, said some of the leaders.Read More
UPDATED For the second time since May, St. Gregory the Great collected guns July 21 to get them off of the street in response to an escalating violent-crime rate in the city. The Baltimore City parish expects to hold two more firearm compilations before the year is out. It’s a growing trend for religious communities...Read More
When Bishop Denis J. Madden consecrated the white marble altar in the main church of Sacred Heart of Jesus July 21, the urban vicar became the second bishop to bless the ornate marble slab within the past 51 years.Read More