Songwriter Samuel W. Beazley wrote in his song “The Gospel News”: “Tell the Word of Life to all who may be found wand’ring far from God. … Tell out the Gospel news; preach it, teach it, tell it, that all may know Jesus the savior, who loves them so. Spread abroad the Gospel news.” And...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The latest church statistics show that the number of priests and seminarians in the world continues to increase, but not as fast as the general Catholic population.Read More
LUANDA, Angola – Addressing Angolan political leaders and an international group of diplomats, Pope Benedict XVI appealed on behalf of African families struggling from the effects of poverty, disease and war.Read More
WASHINGTON – According to a new study on the religious affiliation of U.S. adults, 28 percent of Americans have either changed religious affiliations or claim no formal religion at all.Read More
MADRID – The mood at World Youth Day changed dramatically late Aug. 19 as Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of thousands of young people turned their thoughts to suffering.Read More
WASHINGTON – “Adopt-a-seminarian” programs to support and encourage young men studying for the priesthood are pretty common in U.S. dioceses, and programs like that for young women could help foster vocations to religious life, said Benedictine Sister Michelle Catherine Sinkhorn.Read More
If Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Essex, was going to regain the MIAA B Conference basketball crown in the near future, it was going to have to be this year as the Cougars are deep with senior leadership, experience and confidence.Read More
Forced in 1996 to flee the war-ravaged Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), 21-year-old Guy Kagere found refuge in neighboring Zambia, where he ended up living with American and European missionaries.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien reiterated his support for the repeal of Maryland’s death penalty during a House of Delegates Judiciary Committee hearing in Annapolis March 17.Read More
Show the community of west Baltimore a little respect by purchasing a ticket to hear Aretha Franklin. The music legend will give a benefit concert at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on March 20. Proceeds from “An Evening with Aretha Franklin” will go to the Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation.Read More
MEXICO CITY – Ricardo Salazar Sanchez boarded a northbound bus in the central state of Guanajuato with 22 fellow residents for a journey to the U.S.-Mexico border – and a subsequent attempt at crossing into Texas, where potential construction jobs awaited.Read More