NOTRE DAME, Ind. - A Mercy nun and a laywoman who co-founded a program that is widely credited for reducing Philadelphia’s homeless population by half have been named the winners of the 2011 Laetare Medal given by the University of Notre Dame.Read More
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI called St. Therese of Lisieux’s autobiography, “The Story of a Soul,” a wonderful authentic “treasure” and invited everyone to read it.Read More
TOWSON – As a composer, William Watson spends months, if not years, with a piece inside his head, wondering what it would sound like with a full orchestra and chorus.Read More
TOWSON – It was natural for Jon Oberst to attend the annual conference of the Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland. A 23-year-old parishioner of St. Ursula in Parkville, he is the grandson of Gil Hoffman, the Maryland chapter’s president.Read More
VATICAN CITY - The French nun whose healing was accepted as the miracle needed for Pope John Paul II’s beatification will share her story with pilgrims at a prayer vigil in Rome the night before the beatification Mass.Read More
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court April 4 tossed out a challenge to Arizona’s tuition tax credit program - which directs money to scholarships for students at mostly Catholic nonpublic schools - saying that because no direct state expenditures are involved, taxpayers have no legal basis for suing.Read More
DENVER – Nearly eight hours of emotional testimonies and legislator commentaries at the state Capitol in Denver March 31 ended in the defeat of a bill that would have created civil unions in Colorado.Read More
For many members of the Towson community at Loyola Blakefield, Father Joseph M. Alminde was an important figure who provided compassion, guidance, humor and a rewarding education.Read More
VATICAN CITY – One thousand people were suspected to be dead or missing in the town of Duekoue, Ivory Coast, after clashes throughout the country intensified, Caritas Internationalis reported.Read More