‘I didn’t think the church cared or God cared about me.’ – Alison ‘I know my abortion has caused much self-hatred that was expressed in my eating disorder and many other problems.’ – Anonymous For many women and men, involvement with abortion has left a painful and lasting wound. Society tells them, “Get over it....Read More

VATICAN CITY – In a new book, Pope Benedict XVI said that his trip to the United States “revitalized the positive energies of the faith” at a time when the clerical abuse scandal was back in the headlines.Read More

In honor of National Stroke Awareness month, St. Agnes, Baltimore, will host a free seminar, “new Rehabilitation Advances in the Treatment of Stroke,” May 15.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The church’s 24 new cardinals will join a unique institution that has grown dramatically in membership and has gradually been internationalized in recent decades.Read More

When St. William of York, Baltimore, youth minister, Wayne Hipley, started his youth ministry career five years ago, he was told to “go where the kids are “– meaning find out what activities young people are interested in, what music they are listening to and what is “cool” and incorporate it into the youth group...Read More

Residents of Oak Crest Retirement Community in Parkville have ovens in their homes, but Del Lloyd has noticed that many people only use them for storage.Read More

FLEMINGTON, N.J. – Hundreds of friends, classmates and family members filled St. Magdalen de Pazzi Church in Flemington for the April 24 funeral Mass for Michael Steven Pohle Jr., one of 32 victims of a student gunman who went on a shooting rampage April 16 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The Mass was celebrated...Read More

The College of Notre Dame of Maryland will become the Notre Dame of Maryland University Sept. 9, 2011, 116 years after the institution had its first day of class.Read More