SAO PAULO, Brazil – A wave of indignation has swept across Brazil’s Catholic community after a Vatican newspaper article criticized a Brazilian archbishop’s actions relating to the case of an abortion performed on a 9-year-old rape victim.Read More
WASHINGTON – Telephone polling of Catholics and non-Catholics over three years shows the degree of difference between the two groups on abortion, the death penalty and other moral issues about which the Catholic Church has spoken.Read More
As construction workers banged nails and whirred saws inside St. Ann’s new church in Grantsville March 27, parish leaders stood in the sanctuary and happily took in a spectacular natural backdrop visible through large clear-glass windows.Read More
Every morning on her way to Mother Seton Academy in Fells Point, School Sister of Notre Dame Charmaine Krohe drives by the old St. Ann School in Baltimore.Read More
This is in regard to the Blue-Ribbon panel on Catholic Schools in the archdiocese. It is obvious that the problem we have with Catholic schools isn’t a school problem at all. It’s a family problem, or more specifically a parenting problem.Read More
WASHINGTON – A pair of reports released in March lay out some of the data behind efforts seeking changes in immigration policies, long before Congress gets around to considering another comprehensive immigration bill.Read More
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger of Evansville said he will not attend an April right-to-life dinner where Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is scheduled to speak because he objects to comments the GOP leader made about abortion.Read More
Retirement did not cause Mary Elizabeth Sweeney to slow down, or to lose any of the attention to detail and personal touch that made her such a towering asset to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The life of Ms. Sweeney, known as Betty, was celebrated at a Mass of Christian burial at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore...Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is expecting a record crowd for the April 4 Youth and Young Adult Pilgrimage, which should top last year’s 1,300 participants.Read More
A moment of realization will wash over unsuspecting audience members as the curtain peels back on the Institute of Notre Dame’s staging of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” April 3-5. Even though most will be aware they are in an all-girls institution, the natural thought would be a local male student would play the...Read More
Sister M. Karen McNally, chief administrative officer of Stella Maris, was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2009 by The Daily Record.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The object of this arm-wrestling game is to get as many points as possible by pushing your partner’s fist down on the table – but it doesn’t matter how many points your partner gets.Read More