Two students from St. Michael the Archangel School, Overlea, were honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY).Read More

ROME – Giving in to the temptation of thinking the Christian churches will never be fully united is a sign of weak faith, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

A group of Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, cancer patients banded together to develop a cookbook, "Cooking for a Cause with Karen and Friends," as a fundraiser to support The Lymphedema Assistance Fund at Mercy.Read More

Gov. Martin J. O’Malley‘s proposed 2011 state budget includes $4.4 million for textbooks for Maryland’s non-public schools, the same amount as last year.Read More

Wearing hooded grey robes cinched at the waist with ropes, nearly a dozen Franciscan Friars of the Renewal marched through the streets of downtown Baltimore Aug. 9 carrying a large crucifix, an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a papal flag.Read More

WASHINGTON – After declining steadily for the past quarter-century from a high of 29.3 in 1981, the U.S. abortion rate increased slightly in 2008, according to the latest Guttmacher Institute survey of abortion providers.Read More

WASHINGTON – Father Michael J. McGivney, an American parish priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus in 19th-century Connecticut, would be a model saint for today, according to the Knights’ supreme chaplain.Read More

Each year, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore save Maryland taxpayers more than $380 million in per pupil expenses and provide an additional $393.3 million to the local economy in income and revenue.Read More