WINTER PARK, Fla. – Far more than a visual freeze frame of a moment in time, the Stations of the Cross sculpted by Deacon Al Castellana for Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Winter Park compress the intensity of emotion as well.Read More
Since officially becoming Transfiguration Catholic Community in 2004, the southwest Baltimore parish has held Mass in all three of its churches. Beginning in January, members of the parish will attend regular Mass only at St. Jerome at Scott and Hamburg streets, and future uses for St. Martin and St. Peter the Apostle remain uncertain.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Distribution of an Italian edition of a new youth catechism was temporarily suspended because of a translation error concerning the church’s teaching on contraception.Read More
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A Catholic parish on the South African border with Zimbabwe has been increasing its food supply to respond to the escalating number of Zimbabwean refugees fleeing a cholera outbreak.Read More
LONDON – A Scottish cardinal has announced his resignation from Amnesty International to protest the group’s new policy to fight for the decriminalization of abortion around the world.Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. dioceses and religious orders received 505 new credible allegations of child sex abuse by clergy in 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year and a significant drop from the 1,092 new allegations reported in 2004, when the numbers began being tallied, according to a report released April 11 by the U.S....Read More
Although WBAL-TV’s on-air talent Lisa Robinson graduated 26 years ago from The Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore, she still keeps her yearbook in her locker at work.Read More
WASHINGTON – A dozen Catholic organizations have joined other religious groups in calling for U.S. leadership to increase access to safe water for the world’s people. “Water is a gift from God to be preserved and shared for the benefit of all people and the wider creation,” said the Religious Working Group on Water’s statement,...Read More
God has a plan for each and every one of us. The journey toward this plan is what makes life interesting. As a child, I knew that I would go to college, major in pre-law and become a lawyer. I have come to understand, however, that I had a greater purpose. I am now a...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI asked the knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem to continue praying and working to help Christians in the Holy Land, who are “burdened by an uncertain and dangerous climate.”Read More
Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services is committing an initial $100,000 toward relief efforts for thousands of people struggling in the aftermath of Peru’s worst earthquake in more than 30 years.Read More