VATICAN CITY – When it comes to sex education programs, the Catholic Church is painted as old-fashioned and callous about teen pregnancy and disease. But governments that mandate sex education in the schools are fooling themselves about its effectiveness, the Vatican newspaper said.Read More
Sister M. Karen McNally, chief administrative officer of Stella Maris, was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2009 by The Daily Record.Read More
A funeral Mass for Father Francis H. McGauley, S.J., who served in India for 31 years and led retreats at several Jesuit retreat houses, will be offered July 18 at St. Ignatius, Baltimore. Father McGauley died July 15 at Manresa Hall Jesuit Community in Merion Station, Pa., after a short illness. He was 86.Read More
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Hurricane Irene left widespread destruction in the Bahamas and elsewhere in the Caribbean, slowing the response of church aid agencies to outlying communities.Read More
PHOENIX – Maybe TV isn’t so bad after all. An estimated 92,000 inactive Catholics in the Phoenix Diocese have come back to the church in the last year thanks in large part to a groundbreaking television advertising campaign called Catholics Come Home.Read More
SYDNEY, Australia – Free Internet access, free coffee, free lollipops and live music were offered at the World Youth Day vocations fair, but the young people seemed most attracted by the generally young brothers, sisters and priests staffing the booths.Read More
I went to see the exhibit on humor at the Visionary Arts Museum at the Inner Harbor. It celebrated both the “heights and depths” of humor – humor from the Bible to the bathroom. It’s not for everybody.Read More
WASHINGTON – The economic welfare of the people of the United States is “inextricably linked with the well-being of men, women and children across the globe,” said a letter to President Barack Obama and congressional leaders from representatives of religious, development and business organizations.Read More
MADRID – Telling seminarians they must prepare seriously for the priesthood by devoting themselves to becoming saints, Pope Benedict XVI gave them a role model: St. John of Avila, who will become the Catholic Church’s 34th doctor of the church.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Child and Youth Protection office is partnering with the Baltimore Child Abuse Center for two milestone informational events in April.Read More