Seven months ago I was in Guadalajara, Mexico, packing my personal belongings on route to my new destination: Baltimore. For almost 10 years I had called Mexico my home, and now it was time to leave. Like the title song from U2 reads, a most difficult realization was to accept, “All that I couldn’t leave...Read More
Concerned that Baltimore women in crisis pregnancies aren’t receiving the help they need to carry their unborn babies to term, several regional prolife groups have joined forces to establish “Pro-Life Initiative Baltimore.”Read More
WASHINGTON – Although he was not physically present, Pope Benedict XVI’s greeting added to the excitement of the more than 20,000 young people at a youth rally and Mass for life Jan. 22 at the Verizon Center.Read More
Some 150 clerics and lay people from several dioceses in the Mid-Atlantic states traveled to the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia Oct. 10 to learn how to better serve their growing Latino congregations and to effectively unite the English and Spanish-speaking communities.Read More
CUMBERLAND – When it came time find a “people person” to help Bishop Walsh School get 10 new exchange students from China acclimated, school officials looked no further than Erin Mae Giles.Read More
After an immigration reform bill stalled in Congress in June, experts predict that it may take another two years before any meaningful attempts at fixing the situation will see the light of day.Read More
WASHINGTON – Jack Kevorkian, dubbed “Dr. Death” for his longtime advocacy of assisted suicide and his role in assisting in the deaths of 130 people, died June 3 at age 83 in a hospital in the Detroit area.Read More
Avid knitter Joan D’Loughy has made hats, scarves, baby sweaters and other simple projects in the five years since she took up the hobby. However, when she discovered that she could use her knitting skills to help babies in need, she cast on once again – this time for charity.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The recent change at the helm of the Vatican newspaper marks an effort to revive a publication that has gone from glory days to malaise.Read More
There’s a story told of a priest celebrating an anniversary. A politician had been scheduled to give the opening remarks, but the politician didn’t show up. Instead, the priest thought he would begin himself.Read More