Movie Review: ‘Pan’

'Pan,' a lavish but hollow special-effects extravaganza, hit theaters across the United States Oct. 9.
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Bishop Newman honored at schools’ gala

The seventh annual Archdiocese of Baltimore gala to support Catholic education paid tribute to a former schools superintendent Oct. 3.
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Citing new rules, India’s Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work

The Missionaries of Charity will close their adoption centers in India, citing new regulations that would allow nontraditional families to adopt children, reported ucanews.com.
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Women gather for spiritual renewal

The fifth annual Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference met for a two-day conference and retreat at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg Oct. 10-11.
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Priests who join military as chaplains ‘answering a call within a call’​

Father Ben Garrett said he has "never felt more useful in my life" as a priest than as a Navy chaplain meeting the needs of service members.
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Vatican’s take on supernatural phenomena subject of new Thavis book

A new book by a veteran Catholic journalist explores papal battles with Satan and other supernatural phenomena.
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 8

The final full day of the Feet for Francis/Pilgrimage of Love and Mercy began with a jolt to the nervous system. Maureen Cromer had to get from the gym at the former St. Philomena School to the 30th Street Train Station bright and early Sept. 27 to greet the Amtrak
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Why we visit the cemetery

Autumn is here. The trees are starting to change color and everywhere we turn there are pumpkins and signs of Halloween.This is a beautiful time of year, a vibrant season of abundance and color. It’s also the season when we said goodbye to our nephew and cousin Georgie two years
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 7

“CAR!”Recounting thoughts from Sept. 26, I am writing mid-day Oct. 10. The morning started with a 10-mile run with the Baltimore Pacemakers through the beauty of the Loch Raven watershed. Taking my customary position at the back of the pack, I heard an auto behind me and reflexively yelled the
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An ode to the iPhone

A young woman tweets a message in this CNS file photo. (Paul Jeffrey/CNS Photo)I used to kiss my wife when I woke up; now I roll the other way and check my notifications.I used to read in bed; now I play a few rounds of Candy Crush.I used to talk
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Venerating saint’s relics on U.S. tour a chance for renewal, says priest

The major relics of St. Maria Goretti, known as the "patroness of purity," are on a "pilgrimage of mercy" in the United States this fall.
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 6

Walking the Brandywine Valley Sept. 24 and finally enjoying the demands and rhythms of the road, I felt the strong presence of my parents, who have been gone a while now. At that moment, a butterfly – OK, given the season, it might have been a moth – flittered from
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