Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will take a very public stand in support of the sanctity of life Oct. 7, Respect Life Sunday, when they gather for prayer in churches and along Maryland roadsides.Read More
Some exclusive clubs have a limited number of members. The U.S. Senate has 100 members at a time. There have only been 43 U.S. presidents (recall that Grover Cleveland filled the office twice). Fewer still have walked on the moon – just a dozen humans have had that privilege.Read More
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Bishop Richard F. Stika was ordained to lead the Diocese of Knoxville March 19 before a crowd of 5,000 that included members of his new flock in east Tennessee and hundreds of friends from a lifetime spent in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.Read More
LONDON – The Vatican has dismissed the claims of a woman in England who says Mary has visited her outside her home for more than 20 years. Ruling that her claims are “highly questionable,” the Vatican also has refused to approve the statutes of the community she founded.Read More
MADRID – Pope Benedict XVI saw that 1.4 million young people could be buffeted by gusty winds and drenched by a driving rain and still fall silently to their knees to adore the Eucharist.Read More
WASHINGTON – Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput commiserated with journalists who cover religion about the vitriolic hate mail they and he receive when they address topics such as who should receive the Eucharist.Read More
When amateur actor and former Benedictine priest Benet Hanlon began working in a Fells Point theater in the late 1970s, he noticed a number of homeless men along the then-scrappy waterfront streets, got to know several of them and eventually rented a small row house on Aliceanna Street in 1977 in an effort to feed...Read More
Redemptorist Father Arthur Gildea, newly appointed pastor of Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, is no stranger to Charm City. From 2005 to 2007, he served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Fatima. He is also a former pastor of St. Wenceslaus in East Baltimore.Read More
VATICAN CITY – As church officials prepared to open the sainthood cause for Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan, Pope Benedict XVI praised the late Vietnamese cardinal as a “singular prophet of Christian hope.”Read More
MADRID – A cloudless blue sky turned to inky night as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims participated in the opening Mass for World Youth Day, celebrated by Madrid Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela in the Plaza de Cibeles.Read More
WASHINGTON – The president of the Irish political party Sinn Fein said the recent attacks in Northern Ireland are a human tragedy but the facts of the events should not be exaggerated.Read More