Joseph Roberts says he’s still around because of a miracle – or maybe two or three.Read More

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Catholic Conference is asking state lawmakers and Gov. Martin J. O’Malley to support the Pregnant Women Support Act, legislation that would partner the State of Maryland with non-profit organizations to help women in crisis pregnancies.Read More

LINZ, Austria – Bishop-designate Gerhard Wagner said he would ask Pope Benedict XVI to withdraw his nomination as auxiliary bishop of Linz “given the fierce criticism” of his appointment.Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan bishop said his appeals for humanitarian assistance for the Diocese of Eldoret have been met quickly following the violence sparked by the country’s disputed Dec. 27 general elections.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Meeting American Jewish leaders who were on their way to Israel, Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 12 that he, too, was preparing to visit the Holy Land.Read More

BANICA, Dominican Republic – On a cool late November morning in the small rural mountain village of La Palma, local residents heard the familiar sound of a motorcycle.Read More

Three Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, middle school students, Matthew Benjamin, Robin Wivell and Mitchell Swope are among dozens of students selected to participate in the Celebration of the Arts 2009 March 23 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. Middle and high school students from the Archdiocese of Baltimore gifted in art, dance, drama and...Read More

Anyone wishing to discover 140 years of history of the parish and school of Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Mt. Washington, need only slip downstairs to the church undercroft.Read More