Andy Witte, the head boys cross country and boys and girls track and field coach at Archbishop Spalding High School recently traveled to Africa to cross yet another marathon off his list of “things to do.”Read More
Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services has announced that is resuming operations in Western Darfur more than two months after evacuating its staff.Read More
Black Friday isn’t just a lucrative day for shopping malls. Christmas-minded consumers make the gift shop of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary a must-stop the day after Thanksgiving in Baltimore.Read More
In honor of their upcoming 200th anniversary in 2008, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, opened their vault to remove the school’s historic chalices to use at the founder’s Mass Aug. 24 and for further Masses celebrating the anniversary.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Without the practice of Christian charity, the world today risks a disastrous fixation on personal self-interest, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church in the western Asian nation of Kazakhstan is facing unprecedented growth spurred by the country’s burgeoning economy and an influx of foreigners working in the oil industry.Read More
A bill that would more tightly regulate Maryland abortion clinics appears stalled in the General Assembly. Lawmakers are instead relying on the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to review how clinics are regulated.Read More
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ijamsville, parishioner Maureen Ritcey DeGrange said that for the longest time, her oldest daughter, Kathryn, had only one tooth.Read More
LIMA, Peru – When it comes to dealing with disasters like the powerful earthquake that struck Peru’s southern coast Aug. 15, the Catholic Church has an advantage – the pastors know the people. In responding to an emergency, “you build on your strengths,” said Aaron Skrocki, South American emergency program manager for Catholic Relief Services,...Read More
WASHINGTON – Six days after a scathing grand jury report was released alleging past sexual abuse by clergy and other church personnel in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, attorney Gina Maisto Smith got to work examining reams of archived archdiocesan paperwork.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was to preside over the opening session of the cause for sainthood of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton during the 12:10 p.m. Mass Nov. 20 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.Read More