PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Human trafficking and prostitution are common in Rhode Island, and of growing concern to law enforcement officials and legislators, according to several who spoke about the situation with the Rhode Island Catholic, newspaper of the Providence Diocese.Read More

I have a distinct memory of sitting in the study hall at St. Charles in Catonsville in 1959, my first year of high school seminary, and thinking, “Wow! I’ll help the Catholic Church to move into the 21st century.”Read More

The aroma of baked lasagna and homemade sauces wafted through the parish hall of Our Lady of the Fields, Millersville, June 16, as the parish celebrated the feast of St. Anthony with an Italian Festival. “It’s a good way to evangelize,” said Lisa Pitocco, coordinator of the event and a native Italian. “We get the...Read More

MAYWOOD, Ill. – Loyola University Medical Center is a very giving place to work - so much so that within the past year, seven female employees donated their kidneys as part of the center’s Pay-It-Forward Kidney Transplant Program.Read More

An interfaith group wants the Baltimore faithful to show their outrage at the city’s soaring homicide rate and flex their political muscles as candidates for mayor and city council seek their votes during the summer campaign season.Read More

When I walk to work each day tears often come to my eyes. I see our children being led astray by a demonic mentality that would make even the strongest man or woman cringe. We see a culture where many of our young people can barely read or write and have adopted profanity as the...Read More

As one of the most enthusiastic golfers in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Samuel Young was more than a bit excited to see Lorena Ochoa, the number-one women’s golfer in the world, sitting in a pew at St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, before the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass, June 10.Read More

VATICAN CITY - Blessed Pope John Paul II worked a number of miracles at his beatification, some pilgrims said.Read More