Earlier this month, what a privilege it was for me to concelebrate Mass with our Holy Father in Rome to mark the canonization of five new saints. Each of these became great because each became a servant, a slave of all in imitation of Christ who did not come to be served, but to serve...Read More
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court denied a request to hear an appeal from an Ohio priest convicted in 2006 of the 1980 murder of a nun in the chapel of a Toledo Catholic hospital.Read More
When Theresa Dowdall opened a Christmas gift given to her by her father a few years ago she received more than a material offering. The mother of three had in her possession an annotated sampling of her family’s past.Read More
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, was elected to a second five-year term Oct. 16 by the university’s board of trustees.Read More
A few years ago, Dana Brower wasn’t sure if her son, Jonathan, would graduate from Calvert Hall College High School in Towson. Facing serious financial difficulties, the family didn’t have a way to pay tuition, she said. So Mrs. Brower met personally with Cardinal William H. Keeler and told him of her plight. Through his...Read More
A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Camillus Smith, R.S.M, was offered Sept. 15 at The Villa in Baltimore. Sister Mary Camillus died Sept. 12. She was 88.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican announced the start of a long-awaited dialogue aimed at repairing a 21-year break with a group of traditionalist Catholics.Read More
As the Archdiocese of Baltimore prepares to kick off its second year of Why Catholic? Sept. 30, coordinators for the evangelization and adult faith formation program held five regional training sessions last week and the nearly 50 participating parishes will hold Prayer Commitment Sunday Masses Sept. 23.Read More
CALCUTTA, India – India will not yield to Albania’s request to hand over the remains of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, an Indian government spokesman confirmed.Read More
MESA, Ariz. – A college campus is accustomed to high-speed objects flying across its grounds: students bicycling down the mall, professors hurrying to their next class, a sport utility vehicle adorned with pictures of Pope John Paul II disseminating campus ministry information. OK, so only students at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus in Mesa will...Read More