VATICAN CITY – When different religions are protected and respected rather than ignored or attacked, society benefits from a climate of dialogue and a commitment to upholding common values, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
The Knights of Fatima honored those who serve their community at an awards luncheon on Jan. 26. Although recipients do not need to be from Our Lady of Fatima, Baltimore, this year those honored are all parishioners.Read More
Hackett, 64, directs nearly 7,000 employees in more than 90 countries. He has dealt with the high and mighty, both “seen the devil’s work” and commiserated with popes and Mother Teresa, but a practical appreciation of human nature preceded his unique perspective of the universal church.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has named Patrick Madden the new executive director of development for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Mr. Madden, a parishioner of St. Augustine in Elkridge, succeeds Tom Sonni, who served in the same post from 1995-2007.Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore will be shorter than usual and focus primarily on the inner workings of the church than on larger societal issues.Read More
LIGUORI, Mo. – Redemptorist Father Norman Muckerman, a former editor of Liguorian magazine and a former president of the Catholic Press Association, died May 19 at St. Clement’s Health Care Center in Liguori after a long illness. He was 92.Read More
VATICAN CITY – It was a first, at least in modern times: In Rome, the center of the Catholic world and the capital of Catholic Italy, a pope felt unwelcome to give a speech at the public university.Read More
HUNT VALLEY – Some of the strongest advocates for the Baltimore Haiti Project are the students from the Archdiocese of Baltimore who give a portion of their summer to the children of the town of St. Marc and The Good Samaritans School.Read More
When I travelled to Ghana, I befriended a woman named Adama who worked for Catholic Relief Services. As we travelled from one destination to another, we entered into a wonderful conversation about family members and family-hood. My heart was lifted when Adama answered the question of who her family was by talking first about the...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - It was the hands of those who gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza to take part in Family Rosary Crusade 2011 that told the story.Read More