ASSISI, Italy - Taking 300 religious leaders with him on pilgrimage to Assisi, Pope Benedict XVI said people who are suspicious of religion cannot be blamed for questioning God’s existence when they see believers use religion to justify violence.Read More
Dominican Sister Nancy Murray had to bring her “A game” if she wanted to tell a story at the dinner table as a child. As the third of nine children, she had to compete for the attention of her lumber salesman father, Edward, who encouraged music and humor to flourish in the Chicago home. He...Read More
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, an independent, tuition-free middle school for boys, will move from its location on Calvert Street in Mount Vernon to Federal Hill and the building that most recently housed the Catholic Community School in time for the 2013-14 school year.Read More
Father Eugene Nickol has resigned as pastor of Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
Two years into his pastorate, Father Dale Picarella realized he wanted to improve his management and leadership skills for the good of St. Philip Neri in Linthicum.Read More
NEW YORK – Maryknoll is the gift of mission that the church in America gave to the universal church, and will continue to give, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick told more than 1,800 participants at a festive Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Oct. 30.Read More
WASHINGTON – The president of The Catholic University of America has disputed a complaint filed with the District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights over the ability of Muslim students to engage in worship at the university.Read More
Father Eugene Nickol resigned as pastor of Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville Oct. 25 following a recent archdiocesan audit of the parish’s financial and child and youth protection records. The audit showed a lack of “appropriate controls to ensure compliance with archdiocesan child protection and financial policies,” according to an Oct. 30 archdiocesan...Read More
TEPOZTLAN, Mexico – “Dia de los Muertos,” the traditional Mexican commemoration of deceased loved ones, has taken on a deeper meaning in light of drug-related violence in recent years.Read More
WASHINGTON – The scourge of human trafficking, be it in the form of sex slavery or immigrant work gangs, not only bedevils people victimized by those practices but even those who campaign against them.Read More
An estimated 400 fifth-grade students from Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic schools file into LeClerc Hall on the campus of Notre Dame of Maryland University Oct. 27, and Sister Patricia Dowling just smiled.Read More