While Maryland Catholics are told cardiovascular exercise is good for their body and soul, it’s another sole that can prevent injuries during their fitness regimen.Read More

UNITED NATIONS – Climate change is more than an environmental concern; it is an issue of justice that merits immediate attention by world leaders. This was the message delivered repeatedly by Catholic participants in the Sept. 22 U.N. Summit on Climate Change in New York.Read More

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – In a time of recession, Sondra knows she and her 4-year-old daughter Hope could be on the street.Read More

WASHINGTON – When the U.S. bishops meet in November, they will debate and vote on how Catholics should participate in the political process, what Catholic high school students should learn in religion classes and how to best ensure that liturgical music is both doctrinally sound and pleasing to the ear.Read More

Need an interesting speaker? The Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University offers a roster of faculty members who speak to local church and community groups.Read More

One man was ready when Monsignor Damien G. Nalepa opened the doors of St. Gregory the Great Parish at 10 a.m. Sept. 12 for Gun Turn-In Day. He had 12 guns to turn over to the priest, who has spent 30 years fighting violence in the West Baltimore neighborhood around the church.Read More

Father Leo Patalinghug was up to the challenge.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – When he gave Communion to “two strangely dressed persons” Oct. 7 at Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco, Archbishop George H. Niederauer said he did not realize they were members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group that has “long made a practice of mocking the Catholic Church.”Read More