Dooriya Kane, Elizabeth Lelonek and Grace Kane collected and delivered more than 1,000 books for Sarah’s Hope Shelter and Resource Center. The Girl Scouts are candidates for the Girl Scouts of the United States of America’s “I Live My Faith” religious award, and collecting books was part of their project. Troops from the Perry Hall...Read More
Bishop Gerald Kicanas, Jesuit Father James Martin and Dr. Adele Gonzalez will be the keynote speakers at the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership (MAC) set for March 8-12 in Baltimore.Read More
MANILA, Philippines – The Jolo vicariate in the southern Philippines plans to go ahead with Holy Week activities despite the state of emergency declared in Sulu province because of a hostage crisis.Read More
I read with interest the debate on school sports during the holidays and on Sundays (CR, Dec. 13). It is God who gives us the power to win, not incessant practices. With one exception, the Ravens have had a losing season (they didn’t look too good in the games they won). Before the Patriots game...Read More
The rector of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen called the death of L. Patrick Deering “the loss of a huge figure in the parish and in the archdiocese.”Read More
SAO PAULO, Brazil – A wave of indignation has swept across Brazil’s Catholic community after a Vatican newspaper article criticized a Brazilian archbishop’s actions relating to the case of an abortion performed on a 9-year-old rape victim.Read More
When Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher Aug. 29, he ceased being archbishop of Baltimore the same day. But he’s not going anywhere soon, because the pope gave him the additional title and responsibilities of apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until his successor...Read More
ROME – While the Catholic Church recognizes the religious freedom of all believers and insists that Catholics be able to worship wherever they live, the Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity to relations with other religions, said the cardinal in charge of interreligious dialogue.Read More
Maybe it’s a bike that was outgrown, maybe it was owned by someone who didn’t have the inclination to put the chain back on, maybe it needed a part.Read More
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – After reviewing his trip to Madrid for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI announced the themes he has chosen to guide the reflections of young Catholics next year on a diocesan level and in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.Read More
In the March 16 issue of The Baltimore Sun, there was an article by Leonard Pitts Jr. about a new study – the American Religious Identification survey, conducted by researchers at Trinity College of Hartford, Conn. “The poll of more than 54,000 American adults found a sharp erosion in the number of people claiming religious...Read More