WASHINGTON – Presidents from Catholic universities around the world gathered together at The Catholic University of America April 12 for a round-table discussion addressing faculty and student interaction.Read More

NEW ORLEANS – On April 4, 1968, a rifle shot at a Memphis hotel silenced the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ripped apart a nation divided by race and war.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The feast day of Blessed John Paul II will be marked Oct. 22 each year in Rome and the dioceses of Poland.Read More

In a historic meeting Dec. 1, Most Rev. Bishop Denis J. Madden seated new members for the Archdiocesan Board of African American Catholic Ministries. The new members “turned out,” carrying new dreams to accomplish the mission of the Office of African American Catholic Ministries as they were seated. In doing so, they tapped into an...Read More

VATICAN CITY – Genuine love for others is the cornerstone of charity, but it needs to be backed up by concrete action to be a complete expression of God’s love for humanity, the papal preacher said.Read More

VATICAN CITY – When Mary Ann Glendon leaves her post as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Jan. 19, she’ll end a term that was the briefest on record yet one of the most active.Read More

TOWSON – It was natural for Jon Oberst to attend the annual conference of the Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland. A 23-year-old parishioner of St. Ursula in Parkville, he is the grandson of Gil Hoffman, the Maryland chapter’s president.Read More

The coming of the Mill Hill Fathers to Baltimore was a landmark in the administration of Archbishop Martin Spalding. This group of priests was founded outside London by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan for the purpose of missionary work. On arriving in Baltimore, the black parish community of St. Francis Xavier was transferred from the care of...Read More