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The middle school students of Catholic Community School in South Baltimore recently donated change from their lunches, collected loose change at home, and performed the “chicken dance” in homeroom to raise $20 to benefit Heifer International, an organization providing farm animals and farming education to families in developing countries. The money purchased a flock of chickens for a family and has inspired students to raise additional money for Heifer International to buy a llama for another family. Twenty-five dollars has been collected so far toward a new $150 goal; eighth-grader Gabby Payne is coordinating this endeavor.

Sharon Bogusz could not contain herself when she saw the number of people committing to the Catholic faith in Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion ceremonies.

“This is really going to happen.” That same thought ran through the minds of Gwen Walton-White, Lisa Russell, Sonia Bui and Gene Luong March 1, as they approached the altar at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

They marched through the streets of Annapolis, carrying red-and-white signs reading, “Repeal Maryland’s Death Penalty.”

LUSAKA, Zambia – Extreme poverty and cultural practices are contributing to the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, despite efforts to control HIV, said church officials.

As dozens of flickering candles gently illuminated the darkened church, hundreds of pilgrims reverently approached an icon of the crucifix laid out in the center aisle of St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans Feb. 27.