Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn and The John Carroll School in Bel Air are not letting the down economy get them down. In spite of the nation's economic recession and the plight of many Catholic schools in the Baltimore archdiocese to stay afloat, these two schools have moved forward in their visions for improvements...Read More

Having noticed that men have become a vast minority in Northeast Baltimore Catholic parishes, St. Anthony of Padua parishioner Paul Gerhardt and a group of his friends decided to unite with a mission to lure members of his gender back to church. So was born the Northeast Catholic Brotherhood a little more than a year...Read More

As Patrick Nolan volunteered to help victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild, Mississippi resident Karen Parker said something to the teenager that he will remember forever. “You can get bitter or get better,” she told the Church of the Nativity, Timonium, parishioner.Read More

In a joint statement released Jan. 18, Maryland’s Catholic bishops called for an outpouring of support for women facing crisis pregnancies and rejected recent proposals to single out pro-life charities that provide them with assistance.Read More

On a good day, Haitians have a tough life. In a country of 9 million people, where an estimated 90 percent live in poverty, life is gritty. About a fifth of the population lives in Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital, and the surrounding area.Read More

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A strike by doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe is causing “untold human suffering and loss of life,” said the country’s Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. Sick and injured people are turned away from the main state hospitals “and their only other option is to go to private hospitals, which...Read More

MEXICO CITY – A Mexican bishop is bucking Vatican orders to erase a phrase in his pastoral plan that notes the desire among his indigenous communities that married permanent deacons be ordained priests. The phrase is not fanning the hopes of a married priesthood, but simply reporting the feelings of many indigenous Catholics, said Bishop...Read More

City pastors who worked with Mayor Sheila Dixon on issues ranging from homelessness to immigration gave the outgoing mayor generally high marks for her performance in office. Yet, as the 56-year-old mayor prepares to step down Feb. 4 as part of a plea deal in a corruption case, priests throughout the city expressed disappointment in...Read More