Strengthening the middle school program at St. Agnes School in Catonsville is one of Susan Banks’ top goals as she assumes her duties as the school’s new principal. Ms. Banks comes to St. Agnes following a two-year tenure as principal of Towson Catholic.Read More

WASHINGTON – The calendar might say that the next national elections are more than 15 months away but the Internal Revenue Service thinks it’s never too early for nonprofit organizations to start worrying about how political activity might affect their tax-exempt status.Read More

PUEBLA, Mexico – Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity – known for helping the poorest of the poor – are working with Mexicans with HIV/AIDS.Read More

WASHINGTON – Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region, the city of New Orleans is struggling to fill gaps in its mental health care system that could potentially leave thousands of children vulnerable to depression, teenage suicide and pregnancy.Read More

During last summer’s war between Hezbollah and Israel, Catholic Relief Services worked in partnership with our sister agency, Caritas Lebanon, to provide emergency assistance to more than 100,000 people around the country. And in the past year, our ties with Caritas Lebanon have only grown closer.Read More

For the second time since May, St. Gregory the Great is encouraging citizens to bring guns to its rectory July 21 to get them off of the street in response to an escalating violent-crime rate in the city.Read More

The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), Baltimore, has appointed Charisse Fenari Wernecke as its new president.Read More

PIEVE DI CADORE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI’s closest aide said the pope was pained and concerned by the “devastating scale” of clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.Read More