Late on Feb. 2, juniors Michelle Rodriguez and Emma Baird were putting the finishing touches on preparations for Justice Advocacy Day at Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville.Read More

VATICAN CITY – While local government officials in some parts of China arrest Catholics, authorities in other areas of the country are tolerating, or even encouraging, Catholic charitable activity. A growing number of Catholic dioceses on the mainland have established a Caritas organization and are expanding their social service work. Representatives of four Chinese diocesan...Read More

OXFORD, England – A Polish newspaper has reported that diocesan officials and an archbishop ignored cases of pedophilia and sex abuse of minors by priests in the Diocese of Plock, Poland. The Rzeczpospolita daily reported March 6 that Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus and other officials of the diocese had been kept informed for at least six...Read More

Seventeen-year-old Seton Keough High School student Samantha “Sam” Seitz is always looking for a challenge.Read More

In a recent homily, it was suggested that all of us are exiles – at least in some internal, psychological or spiritual way – from the abundant life God holds out for us. There may well be some food for thought here, but for me, especially as I write this article, “exiles” most clearly applies...Read More

The Eucharist was desecrated at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg after a frustrated thief or thieves apparently exacted revenge for failing to open a safe and poor box, according to Sister Marietta Culhane, O.S.F., temporary pastoral life director of St. Anthony and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thurmont. A cleaning lady discovered the open...Read More

When it comes to the pride teacher Brendan Bailey and his seventh-grade homeroom, 7C, have in St. Ursula School, Parkville, you can see it all on their shirts. To help celebrate this year’s spirit day, Mr. Bailey’s 29 students purchased blue T-shirts with gold letters that read “7C rox my sox.” The students wanted to...Read More

Soccer, lacrosse and basketball players in middle school and high school can explore the Mount Saint Mary’s University campus while they are focusing on their lacrosse, basketball and soccer skills this summer.Read More