Despite enormous eight-foot mounds of snow that still lined Baltimore’s streets two weeks after the February blizzard, hundreds of homeless people found their way to St. Vincent de Paul Feb. 19.Read More

WASHINGTON – A coalition of U.S. women religious representing more than 100 communities said March 17 that the position on health care reform and abortion articulated by the U.S. bishops is “the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church” and should be followed.Read More

ANNAPOLIS – On the same day the Maryland State Senate voted 30-17 to pass a business tax credit benefitting public and nonpublic schools, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien urged a House of Delegates committee to approve the measure and allow it to face a vote on the House floor.Read More

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI said capital investments should be dedicated to offering credit to small and medium-sized businesses rather than funneled into get-rich-quick schemes in the financial markets.Read More

There’s an old saying that has always been a favorite of mine. It goes: “It’s too bad we didn’t get the other fellow’s problems. We all know what he should do!”Read More

Quincy Lucas of Dover, Del. is a woman on a mission, and seven young people from Baltimore are taking her lead.Read More

In light of the recent Catholic School closures in predominantly African American communities, this story reveals the impact of a catholic education on the future of black students.Read More

WASHINGTON – In the final days of the national health reform debate, U.S. bishops called for political courage and for prayers that Congress would come up with legislation that would respect human life and dignity at all stages.Read More