Pamela Sanders was thinking about retiring from a three-decade career in the Baltimore City public school system when her former pastor at St. Ambrose in Park Heights asked a favor. The former principal was stepping down and Father John Pfannenstiel, O.F.M. Cap., wanted Ms. Sanders to succeed her at the inner-city school.Read More
As 14-year-old St. John the Evangelist, Frederick, parishioner Mary Rios climbed the front entrance steps to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, Dec. 9, the sounds of a mariachi band greeted her as she prepared to experience her first celebration of the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.Read More
OMAHA, Neb. – In a time of great sadness and pain, God remains present as a source of comfort, an Omaha priest said in his homily at a Dec. 6 prayer service for the victims of shootings the day before at one of the city’s shopping malls.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Lamenting the climate of consumerism and materialism in today’s world, Pope Benedict XVI criticized “unscrupulous adults” who victimize children through sexual abuse and prostitution.Read More
WASHINGTON – A new comic book produced by the Archdiocese of New York aims to help middle school and high school students protect themselves from sexual predators and have the courage to report improper advances.Read More
Ever since she was a baby, her mother beat her. Involved with drugs, her mother would leave her unattended, even as an infant and toddler. Sometimes she took the child to bars. She was just 9 when her mother was imprisoned for beating her. Her biological father was dead.Read More
Music for the season will fill the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Dec. 13 as Catholic Charities presents “1st Christmas Festival at the Basilica of the Assumption.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – Giving in to lust hurts both the individual and other people, the preacher of the papal household told Pope Benedict XVI and top Vatican officials.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Perhaps even more than Michelangelo’s frescoes or the statue of Laocoon, the discouragingly long entrance line – often stretching half a mile – has become the modern emblem of the Vatican Museums.Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Following years of persecution and not being able to attend Mass because of the threat of terrorism, Huzni Hermez and his family left their war-torn homeland of Iraq and found a place where they could freely practice their Catholic faith.Read More
Catholic Review writer and parent Nancy Menefee Jackson, who volunteers as an assistant JV coach, thinks school sports practices are essential and recognizes the need for practices and games during holiday breaks. Catholic Review writer and parent Suzanne Molino Singleton thinks the opposite – free time is family time when kids deserve a break from...Read More