Father James M. Shea, S.J., has been named as the next provincial of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus.
Father James M. Shea, S.J., has been named as the next provincial of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus.
MANILA, Philippines – Fifty-five Catholic bishops in the Philippines agreed to issue a statement on the crisis in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s government amid allegations of corruption in a national broadband deal.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Several Philippine bishops said they want genuine solutions to corruption whether or not they support calls for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Sister Helen Amos, R.S.M., executive chair, Board of Trustees for Mercy Health Services, was awarded The Speaker’s Medallion by the Honorable Michael E. Busch of the Maryland House of Delegates on Feb. 13.
Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, will celebrate the annual Archdiocesan Scout Mass at 2 p.m. on March 2 at St. Mark, Fallston.
VATICAN CITY – The best way to hear Jesus speak to humanity is by listening to the Liturgy of the Word, said the preacher of the papal household.

VATICAN CITY – In an address to Serbia’s new ambassador to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI called on all parties to act with “prudence and moderation” in response to “the current crisis in Kosovo.”
Students, faculty and staff at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, celebrated the achievements of their community at the annual Notre Dame Day Feb. 12.
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is following affairs in Kosovo “with the highest hope that in this delicate moment a sense of responsibility and a spirit of peace may prevail,” said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, papal spokesman.

It was a long time in coming. The Calvert Hall College High School Cardinals were always on the doorstep but never could bring quite enough to the ice to dethrone the mighty Mount St. Joseph Gaels – until this year.
The Catholic Review “The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God…” This past Monday evening I attended my first Catholic Lobby Night–when Maryland Catholics meet in the state capital to learn about issues affecting our Church and to share concerns with their elected officials. I found it appropriate (and a little ironic) that throngs of Catholics […]
CARACAS, Venezuela – A Venezuelan cardinal called the explosive attack on the apostolic nunciature in Caracas an attack on “the sentiments of all Catholics” in the country.
