BOSTON – After the decision by a Boston archdiocesan Catholic school to rescind its acceptance of the child of a same-sex couple, Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said archdiocesan officials would “develop policies and procedures” to guide schools on the issue.Read More
Kim Belmore needed answers for her daughter, Carley. Carley had been diagnosed with dyslexia while a student at Sacred Heart of Mary School in Graceland Park. Kim, a physical education teacher, was paying substantial money for an outside tutor, but some learning connections for her daughter weren’t being made.Read More
In a July 11 meeting near Paris, delegates from 11 countries elected Father Ronald D. Witherup, S.S., the 26th superior general of the Sulpicians. Father Witherup most recently served for more than a decade as his society’s provincial leader of the Baltimore-based Province of the United States.Read More
FATIMA, Portugal – On his third day in Portugal, Pope Benedict XVI took aim at two issues that have deeply disturbed church leaders in the predominantly Catholic country: abortion and gay marriage.Read More
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO PORTUGAL – Pope Benedict XVI said the priestly sex abuse scandal is a “terrifying” crisis that comes from inside the church – not from an outside attack – and requires purification and penance to overcome.Read More
During a July 4 family get-together, Bishop W. Francis Malooly gathered his family around him. There was big news to share, and he wanted to tell them before it reached the ears of the faithful in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s four-day visit to Portugal will focus on spiritual, political and economic questions seen as crucial for the country and the rest of modern Europe.Read More
Almost every groom at the start of a Baltimore Basilica wedding chokes up and tears up as his bride walks down the aisle in the striking setting on Cathedral Street.Read More