Permit me to expand on my homily from Respect Life Sunday, as reported in last week’s account of that Mass in these pages.Read More

Samantha Hruz is a parishioner of St. Stephen in Bradshaw and plays most of her basketball for an AAU team based in Harford County.Read More

SYDNEY, Australia – In what is often seen as one of the most intensely secular nations in the world, Australia received a wake-up call: the faith of the church on public display over the weeklong celebrations of World Youth Day.Read More

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia doctor who routinely performed illegal late-term abortions for more than 30 years was charged in the death of a female patient and accused of murdering seven babies born alive in his squalid health clinic.Read More

From time to time, I will invite guest columnists to share their “Thoughts on our Church.” I would be especially anxious to introduce members of our Archdiocesan staff, given the extraordinary expertise they offer me and all our archdiocesan agencies.Read More

It won’t be difficult to spot Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore at this year’s Jan. 24 March for Life in Washington. Participants will be sporting bright yellow stickers emblazoned with the archdiocesan seal and the words “Archdiocese of Baltimore.”Read More

Married seven years in August, Rob and Kari McBride have created a life surrounded by sports and two beautiful children.Read More

BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil’s bishops launched a campaign to aid victims of severe flooding that has left more than 500 people dead.Read More