PHILADELPHIA – At a July conference on faith, politics and the quest for the common good, 800 Catholics from around the nation ratified a platform based on Catholic social teaching and aimed at capturing the attention of both political parties this election season.Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a set of guidelines for using social media, especially as social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter continue to gain in popularity.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged Baltimore pilgrims at World Youth Day to be a light of information when they return from Sydney, Australia.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Vatican’s decision to declare the attempted ordination of women a major church crime reflects “the seriousness with which it holds offenses against the sacrament of holy orders” and is not a sign of disrespect toward women, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington said July 15.Read More
Medical Mission Sister Patricia Edelen, a Baltimore native, will celebrate her 60th jubilee Aug. 15 in Philadelphia, during a Mass and reception at the order’s North American headquarters, where she is currently facilities coordinator.Read More
It’s a fact of female life – most women love handbags and shoes. To divert from the standard “bingo in a basement” event, the young-spirited Baltimore City Division I Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians (LAOH) are hosting a September event called “Bags to Riches” to profit Sisters Academy of Baltimore.Read More
WASHINGTON – Father William R. Callahan, a leading activist for peace and social justice, died July 5 at Community Hospice in Washington of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78.Read More
SYDNEY, Australia – World Youth Day officially kicked off July 15 with an opening Mass celebrated by Sydney Cardinal George Pell before an estimated 140,000 people.Read More
A major step forward for our Archdiocese took place last week with the arrival of Paulist Father John Hurley who joins us as the Executive Director of the Department of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Father Hurley’s priestly life has been focused upon the spread of the gospel on behalf of our own Catholics...Read More
After nearly three decades working for the Maryland State Department of Education, including 14 years as the deputy state superintendent of administration, Dr. A. Skipp Sanders is joining the archdiocesan school system as an associate superintendent.Read More