Mercy High School, Baltimore, joined with thousands of teachers, students and hospital caregivers worldwide Sept. 24 in celebration of Mercy Day and the works of the Sisters of Mercy.Read More
VATICAN CITY – While Pope Benedict XVI probably has not begun packing his bags for his April 15-20 trip to the United States, one big Vatican package was prepared just after Easter.Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When Wendy Bozel’s doctors discovered she was pregnant, they strongly advised her to get an abortion. The unmarried, 20-year-old fashion model had earlier undergone tests that medical experts predicted would cause her unborn child to have developmental disabilities and physical deformities.Read More
The Congolese people face desperate and dangerous living conditions in a country beset by war, disease and extreme poverty, said Archbishop Francois Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu, Congo.Read More
A group of young ladies at Our Lady of Victory, Arubtus, have played together since the third grade for the traveling basketball team. The team is coached by two mothers.Read More
Amid the business attire, networking and note-taking that marked the Catholic Medical Association’s 77th annual Educational Conference, Patrick Thomeny stood out.Read More
Religious, scientific and relief workers assembled March 7 at Catholic Relief Services’ Baltimore headquarters to mark two milestones in treating the worldwide AIDS epidemic.Read More
When Monsignor Richard Tillman arrived as pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Columbia in 1977, the young parish had been through a lot. Two of the Howard County faith community’s first three pastors had left the priesthood to marry.Read More
These are uncertain times. Banks are failing, Wall Street is reeling, and the cost of just about everything seems to be through the roof. Talk of bailouts and mergers, record declines and a looming recession – not to mention the fast-approaching presidential election – has much of the nation in a frenzy of uncertainty and...Read More
No matter what happens between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers Jan. 15 in the second round of the NFL playoffs, Catholic Charities will come out the winner.Read More