ROME – Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to a church-run shelter for the homeless and said concrete acts of charity were essential expressions of the Christian faith.Read More

This year, Harambee celebrates 25 years. Over the years, more than 1,000 young people have participated in the Office of African American Ministries’ Harambee youth program. Some have wandered away from Catholicism, but three women have remained connected in the Archdiocese of Baltimore through friendship and ministry in the church.Read More

Late in 2009, Monsignor James M. Barker noticed that one of the parish signs at St. Ignatius, Hickory, had been vandalized. He placed a call to Gardenville Signs’ owner Conley Reems about getting a replacement.Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In dioceses throughout the nation, parents’ unemployment is high and student enrollment in Catholic schools is down. But at St. Philomene School in Sacramento, people aren’t wringing their hands. They’re too busy making their Catholic school work.Read More

WASHINGTON – As some 20,000 people marched along F Street in Northwest D.C. after the Youth Rally and Mass for Life Jan. 22, Rebecca Ferguson, 14, observed that everyone has a reason for marching.Read More

WASHINGTON – At a Jan. 21 Mass for leaders in the pro-life movement, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston praised the presence of young people in pro-life activities.Read More

School communities around the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been moved to act in the wake of the devastating Haitian earthquake.Read More

A U.S. Jesuit brother who works as a Vatican astronomer says doomsday is not coming in 2012, as portrayed in a current movie or rumored in the Mayan long-count calendar of 5,125 years.Read More