Diana von Glahn admits her method can be “pretty random” for picking pilgrimage sites to feature on “The Faithful Traveler,” her new EWTN television show.Read More
There’s an old saying that has always been a favorite of mine. It goes: “It’s too bad we didn’t get the other fellow’s problems. We all know what he should do!”Read More
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti urgently needs a Marshall Plan-style project with U.S. and European backing if the poverty-ridden country is to ever recover from the massive Jan. 12 earthquake, said the vicar general of the Salesians.Read More
One’s relationship with a school evokes visceral emotions and memories of our youth that others do not. I can only imagine the response of those families immediately involved in this (consolidations) decision (CR, March 4). However, I do appreciate the circumstance that prompted the months-long study of the feasibility of maintaining the archdiocesan schools and...Read More
Two months after the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a clinical trial that used adult stem-cell research to reverse sickle cell disease in 90 percent of adult patients, the Maryland Catholic Conference is urging state lawmakers to designate money for similar research in Maryland.Read More
“Peace, Poverty and Mother Earth” is the theme of the 31st annual archdiocesan Social Ministry Convocation March 6 at The Seton Keough High School in Baltimore.Read More
A new and much-needed ministry to help children cope with their parents’ divorce or separation is taking shape in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
About 700 to 800 people file into Our Daily Employment Center in Baltimore City for its hot meal program that serves between 150 and 200 casseroles a day. In some years, the center gives out more than 250,000 feasts that include vegetables and other dietary necessities to the hungry. A stable of 30-40 volunteers help...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The pastoral care of the sick and infirm is a priceless gift the church offers to those who suffer, to their families and to the world, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More