At the final Mass at World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany, Pope Benedict XVI announced to the crowd that the 2008 World Youth Day will take place in Sydney, Australia. Since then the country has been planning for the big event. On April 10, Bishop Anthony Fisher, O.P., auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of...Read More
On that memorable day, when Elizabeth Lange met Sulpician Father James Joubert, providence was at work. Father Joubert expressed his need for help in instructing the black children in religious education, and Elizabeth was willing to offer that help. Likewise, Elizabeth mentioned to Joubert that for 10 years she had the desire to offer her...Read More
VATICAN CITY – A Vatican cardinal defended Pope Benedict XVI’s reformulation of a prayer for the conversion of Jews and said he hopes it will not become an obstacle in Catholic-Jewish dialogue.Read More
The nation and American Catholics both can help keep Iraq from sliding into chaos once U.S. troops leave the country at the end of the year, said two U.S. bishops who visited Iraq for four days in October.Read More
School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Agnes Klug loved the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and the school’s community felt the same way about her.Read More
The John Carroll School in Bel Air has no plans of expanding its enrollment beyond the level it has maintained in recent years. Following a six-month study to determine its ideal size, school leaders decided to keep enrollment within the 800-900 range, according to a Jan. 28 announcement. There are currently 860 students at the...Read More
KIPSING, Kenya – Near the southwestern edge of the vast stretch of East Africa where drought has led to famine and more than 13 million people are considered to be living in crisis, Henry Lesokoyu is the picture of hope and optimism.Read More
As far as 9-year-old girls go, Ellen Scheel is ‘typical.’ She loves her family, hanging out with friends, belting out Hannah Montana tunes and riding horses.Read More
Sister Karen Schneider, R.S.M., M.D., was just a fourth-year medical student when she found herself managing a malaria outbreak in a remote village in Guyana.Read More
In the months leading up to the Nov. 27 implementation of the new English translation of the Roman Missal, Catherine Combier-Donovan has crisscrossed the Archdiocese of Baltimore on a mission of education.Read More
The late great Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., once deplored what he cited as the penchant of some contemporary Catholics for “excessive and indiscreet compromise.” Without denying the value of open and honest debate, we would do well to beware of the role that such “compromise” played in raising the political tide that washed in our...Read More
If you want to see Pope Benedict XVI celebrate Mass in Washington or New York during his April 15-20 visit to the United States, you’ll want to be at your computer keyboard at 9 a.m. on Feb. 6. That’s when the Archdiocese of Baltimore will open its Web site for online ticket requests for the...Read More