ROME – Pope Benedict XVI announced a special jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul, saying the church needs modern Christians who will imitate the apostle’s missionary energy and spirit of sacrifice. The pope said the Pauline year will run from June 28, 2008, to June 29, 2009, to mark the approximately 2,000th anniversary of the...Read More

VATICAN CITY – In a groundbreaking letter to Chinese Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI established new guidelines to favor cooperation between clandestine Catholic communities and those officially registered with the government. The papal letter strongly criticized the limits placed by the Chinese government on the church’s activities. But on several key issues, including the appointment of...Read More

Men enter the priesthood not for fame or fortune but because they hear God calling them to serve his flock. However, the question remains “what does an archdiocesan priest make?” A priest’s salary can range anywhere from a little more than $18,000 to more than $31,000 depending on length of service, whether they are a...Read More

When Sister Kathleen Feeley, S.S.N.D., was an English professor and president of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, getting around the leafy Baltimore campus involved little more than a leisurely stroll from the convent.Read More

A funeral Mass for Helen Keeler, sister of Cardinal William H. Keeler, was offered July 4 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Toronto. Ms. Keeler died June 28 of cancer. She was 60.Read More

The Baltimore Orioles have teamed up with Catholic Charities’ Hispanic Apostolate/Immigration Legal Services to celebrate the 6th-Annual Noche Latina at 3:35 p.m. July 14. Festivities will take place in the Bullpen Picnic Grove before the 4:35 p.m. game, when the Baltimore Orioles take on the Chicago White Sox.Read More

The temperature in Baltimore City was 85 degrees and rising and the humidity was even worse the week of July 24-29. However, 32 youths from St. William of York, Baltimore; St. Mark, Catonsville; and Resurrection of Our Lord, Laurel, braved the heat to participate in BASE Camp, Baltimore-Act-Serve-Evangelize. The young people donned T-shirts and gloves...Read More

Twelve-year-old Daniel Cohn doesn’t dream about becoming a major league baseball player or a Hollywood movie star. His goal in life is to become a priest and minister with soldiers as a U.S. Army chaplain. “I want to serve my country and preach about God,” said Daniel, a homeschooled parishioner of St. John the Evangelist,...Read More