As support from parishes and schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore continues to help relief efforts in violence-riddled North Sudan, a Catholic Relief Services representative working in that country urged local Catholics to endorse United Nations aid. “The Catholic population has been extremely generous throughout this conflict,” said Mark Snyder, a CRS field representative stationed...Read More

There was a time when Karen Pizza, like many people, didn’t know how to interact with a special needs person.Read More

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Fernando Lugo Mendez of San Pedro, Paraguay, who resigned from active ministry to run for president, said he hopes to foster a "great social pact" to achieve national reconciliation in a country with deep divisions. "I believe in collective leadership. ... I'm no messiah," Bishop Lugo, who is...Read More

VATICAN CITY – Same-sex unions “penalize” traditional couples and distort the true nature of the family, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

The large gymnasium stage at Sacred Heart, Glyndon, was draped with red, green, blue, black and yellow streamers Jan. 5, while Olympic rings hung on the wall and some 120 balloons scattered the floor. The planning group for the Olympic themed lock-in, Katie Beinstein, Mary Bosley, Haley and Allison Boyd and Joe Miller, had worked...Read More

Many of us in the Baltimore area know of Honeygo Boulevard, near White Marsh Mall. You can imagine my surprise then, when, while giving a retreat at the Dominican Retreat House in McLean, Va. I met someone with the name of Honeygosky – Vincentian Sister of Charity Paulette Honeygosky, to be exact!Read More

The Loyola Blakefield, Towson, swim team proved they knew the ‘reason for the season’ when they began their Christmas break by diving into charity work. Thirty-six swimmers participat­ed in a 100-mile swim at the school Dec. 20-21, raising more than $5,000 for the new Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore. Proceeds will be presented...Read More

MILWAUKEE – Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart, whose life passion has been encouraging teens to be active church leaders, is now reaching a different audience through spiritual reflections that include unavoidable discussions about her terminal cancer.Read More