Three years ago, Karen Murphy started to see a rise in bullying – particularly on the Internet – among students at Resurrection-St. Paul School in Ellicott City.Read More
As confetti rained down on lawmakers to mark the April 12 close of the legislative session in Annapolis, advocates for Maryland’s Catholic bishops were not celebrating.Read More
Walking out of Holy Rosary after the annual celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday April 11, Bernadette Gietka was all smiles. Like hundreds of other pilgrims from across the state and throughout the region, Gietka went to confession at the Fells Point church, attended Mass, prayed in front of the Blessed Sacrament and chanted the Divine...Read More
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has placed online a summary of its procedures for handling sex abuse allegations against priests, in order to illustrate the church’s commitment to protecting children and punishing offenders.Read More
ATLANTA - The students, faculty and staff at Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville learned by e-mail during spring break that their college year was ending April 15 because of the school’s financial troubles.Read More
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s Catholic primate has urged fellow citizens to see the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in a weekend air disaster as a “dramatic challenge” to build “a fuller community” at the national level and with neighboring states.Read More
LIMA, Peru - As clergy sex abuse scandals in Europe made headlines worldwide, bishops in Latin America expressed support for Pope Benedict XVI. But observers say it is just a matter of time before the upheaval that has struck the United States and Europe hits Latin America.Read More
MINNEAPOLIS - The annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association April 6-8 in Minneapolis featured keynote speakers and workshops tailored to address different Catholic school interests including marketing, administration and religious education for the 8,500 Catholic educators, administrators and leaders in attendance.Read More
ST. MARC, Haiti – Deacon Rodrigue Mortel and Jeff Remington, a 7th-grade science teacher in Palmyra, Pa., walked into an educational tech store outside Port-au-Prince, a humble but air-conditioned space.Read More
ROME - The Shroud of Turin was hidden in an Italian Benedictine abbey during World War II in part because church authorities feared Adolf Hitler might want to steal it, according to an official at the monastery.Read More