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NEW YORK – Performing for a papal event is not just another gig, even for those whose names are usually rendered in boldface type.

When seven young men from China walked into the Apostleship of the Sea International Seafarer Center, Dundalk, March 31, they conveniently provided a live description of precisely what Monsignor John L. FitzGerald was explaining at the moment to his three visitors – including a representative from the Vatican. The AOS director described to his guests the ministry of welcoming seafarers to Baltimore – providing a connection to their Catholicism while in port.

He might not text with a cell phone, but God still calls young people to vocations.

Head Coach Ed Hoffman knows his team and what it’s capable of doing this season in the IAAM B Conference softball league.

Baltimore Catholics have a lot to celebrate this spring. April 8 marks the 200th anniversary of the elevation of the Baltimore diocese to archdiocesan status by Pope Pius VII, and Catholic leaders have planned a host of special events to mark the historic event.

More than a year after a fire severely damaged St. Ann Church in Grantsville, the tiny faith community in Garrett County is moving ahead with plans for a new church. The damaged church, built in 1977, was recently razed to make way for a new building that parish leaders say will be bigger and better than the destroyed one.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Anxiety is growing in Zimbabwe, where the results of March 29 elections are not yet known and the opposition has claimed a resounding victory over President Robert Mugabe, church officials say.