Of the 26 guns collected at St. Gregory the Great Parish during a gun turn-in day Nov. 20, there were “some very serious revolvers,” according to Monsignor Damien G. Nalepa, pastor of the West Baltimore parish.Read More
VATICAN CITY – In a new book, Pope Benedict XVI said the use of condoms may be a sign of moral responsibility in some specific situations when the intention is to reduce the risk of AIDS.Read More
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief and development agency.Read More
LONDON – The first personal ordinariate for former Anglicans will be established in England in early January, the English and Welsh Catholic bishops announced.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and close to 150 top prelates – members of the College of Cardinals and the 24 churchmen who were about to join their ranks – met for a day of prayer and reflection on topics ranging from religious freedom to the clerical sex abuse crisis.Read More
JERUSALEM – Young educated Christian Palestinians would rather stay in their country than emigrate, if given the proper opportunities, according to results of a study commissioned by the Catholic Aid Coordination Committee, a consortium of Christian organizations in Jerusalem.Read More
SAN ANTONIO – A top journalist who is a veteran of covering violent conflict in Mexico and Central America has a sober warning for anybody who smokes marijuana: If it comes from south of the border, “it’s heavy with the blood of innocent people.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – The church’s 24 new cardinals will join a unique institution that has grown dramatically in membership and has gradually been internationalized in recent decades.Read More
A period of spiritual preparation begins Nov. 28 when Catholics across the Archdiocese of Baltimore and around the world mark the start of Advent.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church may be the only organization that can counter the corporate greed fueling the over-prescribing of harmful psychiatric drugs to children and young people, said Dr. Barry Duncan, a clinical psychologist and director of the Heart and Soul of Change Project.Read More
When Adrian Amos and his classmates entered Calvert Hall three years ago, its football program was near the bottom of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A ConferenceRead More