Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services President Ken Hackett was named in October to the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Board of Directors.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The rule of law cannot be abandoned when dealing with terrorists, a Vatican official told the United Nations.Read More

Something out of the ordinary happened during this fall’s revival at St. Gregory the Great, Baltimore. Attendance grew each day of the three-day revival, a distinct contrast from previous years, when participation diminished with each consecutive assembly.Read More

SAO PAULO, Brazil – A court in the Brazilian state of Para upheld the prison sentence of Rayfran das Neves Sales, who was convicted of killing U.S. Sister Dorothy Stang in Brazil in February 2005.Read More

During the past 40 years, the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Roland Park, has seen its enrollment more than quadruple and its current faculty represents several creeds.Read More

The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians is holding a writing contest with cash prizes for both middle school and high school students. Public school, private school and home-schooled students in grades six, seven and eight are invited to write an essay between 500 and 1000 words on “Irish in the American Revolution.”Read More

Information on applying for Knott elementary and secondary scholarships is now available. These are four-year, full-tuition scholarships awarded primarily on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. To apply, the student must be Catholic, in grade four or grade eight, and reside in and be a member of a Catholic parish in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel,...Read More

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, an orthodox Jew and an authority on the historical Jesus, will give the annual Dunning Lecture at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park on Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m.Read More