Dorothea McGee was thrilled to greet Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien at the front door of her Friendship Station Senior Housing apartment in Odenton Feb. 19.Read More

ANNAPOLIS – More than 200 students from Catholic and other nonpublic schools left shiny apples for their state lawmakers March 16 – not the edible kind, but symbolic paper cutouts meant to garner support for a long-sought business tax credit benefitting public and nonpublic schools.Read More

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Following the practice of some other dioceses, the Diocese of Little Rock is discouraging its parishes and schools from supporting fundraising activities for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.Read More

Kevin Wells could very well be a modern day Job. In his candid memoir, “Burst: A Story of God’s Grace When Life Falls Apart,” Wells details how he rose above challenges – infertility, adoption fraud and the murder of his uncle – with faith as his compass.Read More

WASHINGTON – Jesuit Father Walter Burghardt, long regarded as one of U.S. Catholicism’s top theologians and preachers, died Feb. 16 at the Jesuits’ infirmary on the campus of St Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He was 93 years old.Read More

After her brother became Baltimore’s 21st murder victim of 2007, Erricka Bridgeford couldn’t wait for the police to find the person who did it. Bridgeford dreamed of spitting in the murderer’s face. Male relatives thought of even more violent ways of exacting vengeance, she said.Read More

It might not be such a good idea to catch some ZZZs on your next flight. Especially if you are overweight, suffer from chronic disease or have undergone surgery to lower extremities, sitting in one position while traveling can lead to a dangerous condition called deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT can be fatal if not...Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – With a large cross of ashes on his forehead, Peter Noel - head bowed and deep in prayer - leaned on the windowsill at the back of the chapel where Ash Wednesday Mass was concluding.Read More