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Secret Service: Order of Malta quietly casts a long, spiritual shadow

CORRECTED -- The lack of notoriety for the Knights of Malta, it seems, is by design.
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CRS staffer recalls Mother Teresa’s joy, humility and can-do spirit

“She got love and respect from all people of all faiths,” Sean Callahan said.
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Catholics put focus on immigrant children with rally, civil disobedience 

Many of the speakers were women religious who stressed the need to end the current practice of placing children in detention centers at the border.
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Pasadena teachers’ family creates scholarship fund

An idea that germinated in war-torn Iraq brings joy and peace of mind to a 12-year-old girl in Pasadena.
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North Dakota bishop asks priests to pray in front of abortion clinic

FARGO, N.D. – Bishop Samuel J. Aquila of Fargo has asked all priests of his diocese to spend at least one hour in prayer before the state’s only abortion facility and to join him in a procession to the facility Sept. 26.
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A Bible for every taste, but are they piquing Catholic interest?

WASHINGTON – These days you can get a Bible that coincides with pretty much any interest.
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Equipped for Ministry?

The Catholic Review One of the great joys I have experienced in my visits to parishes and schools in our Archdiocese over the past three-plus years has been the witness of so many dedicated lay Catholics who serve the Church in many and diverse ways. Much of the work of these lay ministers is visible...
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Archdiocesan choir had unceremonial end

In January, members of the Baltimore Archdiocesan Choir received a letter from Archbishop O’Brien’s office stating that the choir will “cease to serve in this role for now.” I found it to be an inadequate treatment of a group that has given faithful service to the archdiocese for the last 26 years.
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Special camps address needs of special campers

While Maryland’s school systems have a variety of educational programs for students with special needs throughout the school year, many parents struggle to find something enriching come summer.
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El Salvador trip changes teens’ perspectives

The change in fortune for one family in the small village of Agua Caliente, El Salvador, is as concrete as the freshly poured cement floor and new roof of their home. For the Baltimore teens who worked on the decaying house, the personal transformations, though perhaps less tangible, were just as profound. Six Baltimore teens,...
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Text of Pope Benedict’s departure remarks

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks at his departure ceremony at John F. Kennedy International Airport April 20.
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Pandemic can’t keep Distinctive Scholars down

Even in trying times, the 19 high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue their tradition of academic excellence, as evidenced in these four young people who would have been recognized April 23 at the Distinctive Scholars Convocation.
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