Organizers estimated 2,500 people participated in the 33rd annual Maryland March for Life March 12, which is one of the larger crowds the event has drawn.Read More
The Jesuits might have more emotional investment in the NCAA men's basketball tournament than any other group in the country. Of the 68 teams vying for the national championship, six of them are from Jesuit colleges. Crieghton, Gonzaga, Loyola University Maryland, Georgetown, Marquette and Xavier are all run by theRead More
Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien assures Catholics that in no manner is the position proposed by New Ways Ministry in conformity with Catholic teaching.Read More
The Maryland Board of Public Works, which includes Gov. Martin J. O'Malley as one of its three members, announced March 7 that it will grant a $385,000 settlement with nine individuals who were illegally arrested and jailed by Maryland State Police on Aug. 1, 2008.Read More
It doesn't get more real in a movie than Shari Rigby's performance in "October Baby," which I profiled in this story for CatholicReview.org.Rigby had an abortion as a young woman, a fact that wasn't known to the movie's directors. Rigby's character in the movie also had an abortion as aRead More
The Way of the Cross, a non-traditional take on the 14 Stations of the Cross, took place at the three-day Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership.Read More
ANNAPOLIS – Child protection advocates from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Maryland Catholic Conference testified March 8 before Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would require training for all teachers in child sexual abuse prevention.Read More
The first annual Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership kicked off March 8 with Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas encouraging the hundreds gathered.Read More
A dash of humor and sharp business skills are the prescription for successful parishes, Catholic leaders told hundreds gathered at the first-ever Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership.Read More