EMMITSBURG – In battle, inexperienced soldiers who prove willing and able to lead are soon at the head of their division. Today’s shortage of priests is no different – and an expert in Civil War battlefield leadership is imparting those lessons to a group of today’s seminarians.Read More
Fears about laws and changes in regulations on abortion that might advance under a new Democratic-run Congress and White House are the central focus of a statement approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 during their annual fall meeting in Baltimore.Read More
WASHINGTON – Two Pennsylvania girls took a day off of work to take part in an annual Food Fast that has become a Lenten tradition for many Catholic parishes.Read More
Megan Nappi didn’t mince words as she sat in a circle with young adults from Baltimore and Washington, surrounded by some of the nation’s leading adolescent catechesis experts Nov. 6 at the Maritime Institute and Conference Center in Linthicum.Read More
Registrations are being accepted for the fall 2007 Pastoral Spanish program at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore. The program assists those in the archdiocese who minister to the Hispanic community and focuses on the culture, history and faith expressions of the diverse Latino population. The curriculum will include conversational Spanish and language...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church’s “new evangelization” effort is not an attempt to present the Gospel again to people who did not understand it the first time, but to present the Gospel in a way that makes sense and gives hope to modern men and women, said the general secretary of the Synod of...Read More
PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Florida bishop is urging Vice President-elect Joseph Biden to examine his conscience before receiving Holy Communion in light of his public support of keeping abortion legal.Read More
Twelve-year-old Daniel Cohn doesn’t dream about becoming a major league baseball player or a Hollywood movie star. His goal in life is to become a priest and minister with soldiers as a U.S. Army chaplain. “I want to serve my country and preach about God,” said Daniel, a homeschooled parishioner of St. John the Evangelist,...Read More
VATICAN CITY – In his latest volume of “Jesus of Nazareth,” Pope Benedict XVI says the condemnation of Christ had complex political and religious causes and cannot be blamed on the Jewish people as a whole.Read More
WASHINGTON – Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the U.S. Catholic bishops, congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on his “historic election” Nov. 4 as the first African-American to win the White House.Read More
Florence Stallo, 90, and her niece were spending time together in her apartment at The Maples of Towson on April 20 when the fire alarm went off. Ms. Stallo said the assisted living community runs fire drills every month or so and she didn’t think much of it, until she opened the door to her...Read More