With the 2008 Olympic Games just days away, the hype and excitement from Beijing to Baltimore is beginning to mount.Read More

The 100 ‘Red Hot Mamas’ who gather at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, one Wednesday each month know exactly what it’s like to feel the heat. That’s why the women find it helpful to come together for the monthly seminar which focuses on issues before, during and after menopause. The menopause seminars have become such a...Read More

By more than a 2-1 margin, Maryland voters support replacing the state’s death penalty with a life without parole prison sentence, according to the results of a poll commissioned by the Maryland Catholic Conference and released Feb. 28. While 56 percent of those surveyed said they support the death penalty, 61 percent said they believed...Read More

OXFORD, England – Against a backdrop of the twinkling London skyline, the pope urged Catholics to act as a light for those around them in a world “filled with growing noise and confusion.”Read More

GLASGOW, Scotland – Celebrating Mass for tens of thousands of faithful, Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to promote the “wisdom and vision” of their religion in the public square.Read More

While sitting in her cozy dining room with pictures and articles scattered across the table, Regina Curran, 81, reminisced about her many years of involvement in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Baltimore City. Ms. Curran has been walking in the St. Patrick’s Day parade for more than 30 years, and this year will be...Read More

ANNAPOLIS – In an unusual move that highlights the priority Maryland’s bishops have placed on abolishing the death penalty, Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, testified in person during Feb. 21 committee hearings on a bill that would replace the death penalty with life sentences without parole. Representatives of the Maryland Catholic Conference usually testify...Read More

BANGALORE, India – Many Pakistani aid workers had one of the “most meaningful Ramadan fasts” in their lives this year, said a senior relief coordinator for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Service in the South Asian country.Read More