After a punishing winter storm buried Baltimore in mounds of snow several years ago, Angelo M. Boer knew Our Daily Bread soup kitchen would need some help. With its normal corps of volunteers shut in, the director of development and communications for Catholic Charities set out at 6 a.m. to help prepare the day’s free...Read More

Before moving forward let’s review. One week ago, we saw that the church considers the Liturgy of the Word power-packed. What the liturgy’s actions say, the word of God enacts, or as the “Catechism of the Catholic Church says: “The liturgical word and action are inseparable both insofar as they are signs and instruction and...Read More

WASHINGTON – After nearly 30 years of teaching religious education to children ages 3 to 14, Peggy Olds of Willowbrook, Ill., was convinced of one thing.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision not to continue a stay on the release to newspapers of Diocese of Bridgeport documents in settled sexual abuse cases doesn’t quite close the door on the issue.Read More

New Year’s may typically be a time for fresh starts and new goals, but when it comes to leading a more healthful lifestyle, there’s no time like the present.Read More

CHENGDU, China – Catholics joined other Chinese in observing three minutes of silence May 19 to pray for and mourn those killed by the earthquake that hit southwestern China a week earlier.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco and other California Catholic leaders condemned the May 15 ruling by the California Supreme Court that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.Read More

Three high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore received their re-accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Secondary Schools in 2009.Read More