Leslie Osteen was giving her 7-year-old son a bath when the boy suddenly began kicking violently and howling at the top of his lungs. The random tantrum was far from extraordinary for Cameron, a child living with severe autism.Read More
I was surprised to learn that Maryland Senators Cardin and Mikulski are co-sponsors of the The Freedom of Choice Act. It sounds good, because every American is proud of our freedom to choose what is right and avoid what is wrong. This bill, however, is not a freedom to choose, but a death warrant to...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Saying he, too, was horrified by the images of the death and destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Pope Benedict XVI asked people to join him in praying for the victims.Read More
ROME – Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the 1968 encyclical “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) has cut off the church from many of the people who most need its advice about human sexuality.Read More
JERUSALEM – As Israeli-granted multiple-entry visas expire, Arab priests and seminarians in the Holy Land increasingly are facing the dilemma of not being able to return to their jobs if they leave to visit home.Read More
Paulist Father John W. Hurley, executive director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Department of Evangelization, appointed Deacon Seigfried Presberry as the new director of Prison Ministry last month.Read More
The second annual Catholic Charities’ Christmas Festival Concert at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be held Dec. 11.Read More
Some 330 young people from the Archdiocese of Baltimore participated in the National Catholic Youth Conference in Columbus, Ohio, from Nov. 8-10.Read More
Over the past several weeks, the public debate over proposed legislation that would drastically alter the definition of marriage in Maryland has been heated and, in the case of the Catholic Church’s position, often mischaracterized and dismissed as discriminatory.Read More
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Catholic bishops warned that rival politicians’ failure to agree on a consensus candidate for the presidency will lead the country to unprecedented disruption.Read More