VATICAN CITY – For 20 years, Father Fortunato Di Noto and his colleagues have been working to protect children from pedophiles and pornographers. The fact that some church leaders have protected abusers makes Father Di Noto very angry.Read More
SYDNEY, Australia – World Youth Day officially kicked off July 15 with an opening Mass celebrated by Sydney Cardinal George Pell before an estimated 140,000 people.Read More
DUBLIN – While the Irish Catholic Church might not be as numerically strong as it was in the past, there is still a great vibrancy in Irish Catholicism, said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church must strengthen its efforts to educate and assist lay Catholics involved in politics so that the positions they hold and the policies they promote reflect the values of the faith they profess, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
After nearly three decades working for the Maryland State Department of Education, including 14 years as the deputy state superintendent of administration, Dr. A. Skipp Sanders is joining the archdiocesan school system as an associate superintendent.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Being the point person for promoting a sainthood cause requires the combined qualities of a private investigator, a theologian, a lawyer, a historian and a medical examiner.Read More
OXFORD, England – The head of the commission representing Catholic bishops from the European Union has demanded tighter rules for the world economy to correct a “distorted hierarchy of values” highlighted by the global financial crisis.Read More
Bishop W. Francis Malooly’s brother bishops in the Archdiocese of Baltimore hailed his July 7 appointment as the new bishop of Wilmington as a sign of Pope Benedict XVI’s confidence in Baltimore’s native son.Read More
They sang. They danced. They praised. They were at ease. Hispanic young adults came together Nov. 8 at Sacred Heart School in Glyndon for Explosion Juvenil (Young Adult Explosion), a motivational rally for people inside the Archdiocese of Baltimore to share their talents and faith with the world.Read More
One of Deacon Charles Hiebler’s greatest joys as a permanent deacon is witnessing weddings. Working with young couples preparing to commit their lives to one another helps strengthen his own faith and life commitments, he said.Read More