Religious and secular organizations alike are working to raise awareness about and bring an end to human trafficking.Read More

 Fifty years ago, when the Second Vatican Council was getting under way in Rome, the Rome office of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (predecessor of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference, now the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops) set up briefings for American reporters covering the conference.Among theRead More

Some families roast the pumpkin seeds. Others make pumpkin pies. Around here, we’re just happy to get the pumpkin carved without any bloodshed. This weekend when John picked up a knife and headed outside, two excited boys bounced out the door behind him. They hovered, large spoons poised in their hands, as they waitedRead More

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., celebrated Mass in Emmitsburg Oct. 18.Read More

  A few months ago I received a message from a mother who had come across my blog. Lisa Murphy told me she was writing a book about her son Daniel, who had passed away after she and her husband adopted him from China. I was so grateful that Lisa had reachedRead More

St. Isaac Jogues Parish is celebrating the Oct. 21 canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.Read More

Jack Levee, who was to begin his senior year at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson this fall, died in July after a severe allergic reaction and asthma attack.Read More

Brian Rogers, board chairman and chief investment officer of T. Rowe Price, has been named the 2012 Business Leader of the Year by Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management.Read More