ROME – The sanctuary at Mariazell may lack the dazzle of more famous Marian shrines, but its simplicity has helped make it Austria’s most popular pilgrimage site.Read More
Thanks to a positive response from parishioners and new and returning participants, the Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, ninth annual Health Information Fair has grown.Read More
A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 1 at The Villa, the Religious Sisters of Mercy’s retirement home in Towson, for Sister Marian Millard, R.S.M., 86, who died of heart failure Aug. 29.Read More
A funeral Mass was offered Aug. 30 at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn., for Sister Mary Louis Whalen, S.S.N.D., who was the oldest living alumna of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore.Read More
AGRA, India – The Agra Archdiocese temporarily closed all its schools and colleges after violence erupted in the city that is home to the Taj Mahal.Read More
Identity theft is a problem that affects many Americans, including the 50-plus crowd. According to a 2006 press release from the Department of Justice, about 3.6 million households in the U.S. learned that had been victims of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004.Read More
Veterans and their spouses may qualify for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pension when “aid and assistance” is needed with assisted living, day care, home care or nursing home care.Read More
When parishioners contribute to the second collection in churches throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore Sept. 1-2, their money will go to the Peter’s Pence Collection – a fund that enables Pope Benedict XVI to quickly provide aid when disaster strikes.Read More
In response to the letter, “Churchgoers should give respect to God,” (CR, Aug. 16), the letter writer was critical of those who come to church in less than their “Sunday best.”Read More
The three Catholic colleges in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were ranked among the region’s best colleges in U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings.Read More
HONG KONG – Chinese officials have arrested a bishop who is not registered with the government and have been pressuring other unregistered bishops and priests, sources told the Asian church news agency UCA News.Read More
MEXICO CITY – Civil authorities and church workers began distributing emergency supplies and surveying damage the day after Hurricane Dean crossed the Yucatan Peninsula. Meanwhile, communities on the Gulf of Mexico were bracing for the storm’s second landfall Aug. 22. Father Francisco Velazquez Trejo, a director for Caritas Mexico in the state of Campeche on...Read More