A former track coach at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn has been charged by Anne Arundel County Police after the school and the Archdiocese of Baltimore reported to county authorities possible boundary violations involving the coach and a minor. Following is a letter to parents of Archbishop Spalding students dated Sept. 26 regarding the...Read More

The Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown is still in a state of deep mourning following a murder-suicide that claimed a parish family of five.Read More

BERLIN ¬ The Nazi “reign of terror” clearly demonstrated the depths of evil that men are capable of when they deny God and the dignity of all people he created, Pope Benedict XVI told leaders of Germany’s Jewish community.Read More

LONDON – The audience snickered and the judges of “Britain’s Got Talent” either rolled their eyes or allowed their blank expressions to betray their bemused skepticism as the awkward-looking middle-aged woman told them she wanted to be as famous as the popular British actress and singer Elaine Paige.Read More

NEW ORLEANS - Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans has received the largest single grant in its history - $15 million from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation - to oversee a collaborative of nonprofit organizations that will provide direct assistance, counseling and job force training to coastal Louisiana fishing families affected by the...Read More

Lucas Dernetz might not be former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath yet, but he’s pretty good at following through on guarantees.Read More

Encouraged by her mother, 17-year-old Johanna Romero de Slavy decided to volunteer as a counselor at Camp Jabberwocky in picturesque Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. It was to be for her a life-changing experience.Read More

JERUSALEM – A planned April 8 meeting of the bilateral permanent working commission between Israel and the Vatican convened only briefly prior to the Jewish Passover holiday.Read More