Sister Karen Schneider, R.S.M., M.D., was just a fourth-year medical student when she found herself managing a malaria outbreak in a remote village in Guyana.Read More

St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, the first Roman Catholic seminary in the United States, celebrated the graduation of 22 students from its Ecumenical Institute of Theology May 12, including eight laypersons from the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In addition, 14 seminarians received degrees from the School of Theology. An honorary degree was conferred on...Read More

If you want to see Pope Benedict XVI celebrate Mass in Washington or New York during his April 15-20 visit to the United States, you’ll want to be at your computer keyboard at 9 a.m. on Feb. 6. That’s when the Archdiocese of Baltimore will open its Web site for online ticket requests for the...Read More

Tonight I celebrated a funeral Mass for a 5-month old fetus. His name was Daniel. His parents and three brothers had looked forward to the new addition to their family. A week-and-a-half ago the mother, we’ll call her Maria, began having complications. Four days later delivery was induced, but the child could not be saved....Read More

The annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., always provides a very public way for pro-life advocates to show their support for the sanctity of life.Read More

VATICAN CITY - Schools where Christians and Muslims study together, as they do at many Catholic schools in the Middle East, should be supported and cherished by both communities because they promote dialogue and lead to real friendships, said dialogue participants.Read More

TUCSON, Ariz. – Eucharistic justice calls everyone “to see ourselves and all others in the same light in which the Father sees us,” said Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory in remarks prepared for the Southwest Liturgical Conference study week in Tucson.Read More

LONDON - Catholics in England and Wales will be obliged to abstain from meat every Friday under a new rule brought by the bishops.Read More