Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, who runs the largest gang intervention program in the U.S., will bury his 165th youth this week. The executive director of the Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, Father Boyle has gotten former gang members invited to the White House for dinner with Laura Bush, blessed the daughter of a gang member before...Read More

NEW YORK – Speakers at the 15th annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists heard diverse contemporary examples of those following Jesus’ exhortation from the Gospel of Mark: “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”Read More

Monsignor Jeremiah F. Kenney can’t even begin to guess how many thousands of annulment cases he has presided over as judicial vicar of the Interdiocesan Tribunal of Appeals for the Province of Baltimore.Read More

VATICAN CITY – While Christians should hope that their deceased loved ones are in heaven, they must pray for them in case they are in purgatory, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.Read More

Sharon Bogusz could not contain herself when she saw the number of people committing to the Catholic faith in Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion ceremonies.Read More

When a group of ninth graders disembark at the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, Emmitsburg, for a day-long retreat Nov. 9, they will have an opportunity to breathe in fresh air, take in the magnificent mountaintop scenery and achieve a spiritual cleansing.Read More

Julian Bauer’s letter (CR, Feb. 26) questioned why non-Catholics are in Catholic schools. I say, why not? As a teacher in an archdiocesan school, I’ve had a number of wonderful non-Catholic children in my classroom. I find their parents actively engaged. I do not believe we are in competition with public or private schools. Any...Read More

A newly formed consortium of four area Catholic hospitals will meet quarterly to collaborate on palliative and end-of-life care.Read More