Father John C. Kemper, S.S. can’t help but feel humbled when he works as the director of the St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historic Site on Paca Street in downtown Baltimore.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Catholics’ respect for human life and dignity must be clear in the way they welcome migrants and refugees, offer them pastoral care and lobby their governments for fairer treatment of people on the move, Vatican officials said.Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jennifer Munoz had a job interview recently, but couldn’t keep the appointment because she didn’t have the money to put gas in her car. Instead, she bought a gallon of milk and food for her two young children.Read More
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Catholic education administrators in Pakistan’s Punjab province say their schools face huge additional security costs as the security situation in the country deteriorates.Read More
Spotting an altar server who was slightly distracted before the start of a recent Sunday morning Mass, Gus Moreno gently tapped her on the shoulder and gestured toward four fellow servers who had formed a circle in a small vesting room at St. John in Westminster.Read More
More than 120 priests and lay alumni of St. Charles Seminary in Charlestown, St. Mary Seminary on Paca Street and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park gathered on the latter’s campus Oct. 22 for the annual Alumni Day.Read More
CHICAGO – Nine years of prayer, work and faith culminated May 31 when curtains parted in the sanctuary of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Chicago to reveal an iconic monstrance of Our Lady of the Sign, Ark of Mercy.Read More
COPAN RUINAS, Honduras – Oscar Garcia used to sell 100 pounds of tomatoes every day in the municipal market of this colonial town near the Guatemalan border. Since the June 28 ouster of President Manuel Zeyala, Garcia sells just 40 pounds of tomatoes and has to moonlight as a hotel security guard to support his...Read More
After the “Great Amen” everything looks the same: the appearance of bread and wine, a regular man in unusual garments and a gathering of common people of various ages, races, languages and states in life.Read More
The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia are among many religious orders who are embracing technology as one way to share their story and attract new members. A search of YouTube reveals videos featuring the ministry of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Sisters of Bon Secours and the Daughters...Read More
SCRANTON, Pa. – Doctrinal issues led agenda items at the spring session of the Polish National Catholic Church-Roman Catholic Dialogue held in Scranton at the PNCC’s National Church Center.Read More
NEW YORK – Vigorous public debate about the war in Afghanistan is preferable to ignoring the situation there and confirms that combat deaths are not in vain, according to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Read More