NEW YORK – Riders on 1,000 New York City subway cars are seeing advertising messages aimed at being a first step toward healing for the many people affected by abortion.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
MANILA, Philippines – Catholic bishops have condemned a deadly bomb attack on a bus in Manila’s business district, warning it could have been an attempt to destabilize the government.Read More
Sister Maria del Fiat Miola was studying abroad in Italy during her junior year at Columbia University when she encountered a group of women at St. Peter’s Square who would change her life.Read More
My first Baltimore Christmas has been delightful, days of prayer and celebrations – overflowing congregations at the Basilica of the Assumption for the Christmas Vigil Mass and the Midnight Mass at our Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Monsignors Hobbs and Armstrong and their staffs offered us all glowing examples of what solemn liturgies can do...Read More
TUCSON, Ariz. – Gathering at the site of the Jan. 8 mass shooting outside a Tucson Safeway, a group of community faith leaders performed “a service of cleansing and healing” Jan. 20, sprinkling the area with blessed water “to reverence and reclaim the space.”Read More
Though his father is a former Baltimore Oriole, senior Joe Orsulak – a phenomenal middle-distance runner for Loyola Blakefield – knew running, not baseball, was for him.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official downplayed a 1997 Vatican letter to Irish bishops about handling cases of clerical sex abuse, saying the letter did not tell bishops to keep the cases secret from the police.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The global financial crisis has been caused in part by greed and is likely to have grave repercussions on the world’s poor, said two Vatican officials.Read More
Gently sponging bright shades of green and blue onto a timeline display folder for an art project at Mercy High School in Baltimore, 15-year-old Lindsay Scheve admitted art wasn’t exactly her forte. But taking the required introduction to art class at Mercy has opened up a whole new world for the sophomore student.Read More