Mary comes not as a stranger but as our kinswoman, indeed our loving mother.Read More

A vocation is not about us telling God what we’re going to do for him. A vocation is being open to what God wants to work through us.Read More

Dear Baby Girl,You won’t be able to understand this for a while, but you just had the most extraordinary experience—with oil and water and a candle and a white garment and the Holy Spirit.Now you are baptized, a child of God.You were so peaceful as the priest poured the waterRead More

Moral and ethical concerns must guide medical research so it will always be at the service of protecting human life and dignity, Pope Francis said.Read More

The inspiration for this theological fantasy is the medieval idea of the refrigerium, the refreshment or vacation from Hell granted to some of the souls abiding there.Read More

Crosbie has maintained weekly contact with his host family and set up a charity drive to raise funds for the wider community that took him in.Read More

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republicans strive for a country that is “open, diverse, dynamic” in a speech at Georgetown University.Read More

The men and women of religious orders operating in the archdiocese held their biannual Baltimore Forum April 21.Read More