Riding shotgun in the Baltimore Popemobile as it arrived at the Mirenda Center on the campus of Neumann University Thursday night, I leaned out the window, put my finger to my lips and made a cartoon sound to waiting college officials and media who didn’t know me from Adam.On cue,Read More

“What’s so special about the pope?” was a question posed on Facebook by one of my former students, who is now in her early twenties. “I don’t know who he is, but I don’t want my roads to be shut down. Kids shouldn’t be missing school for this,” said aRead More

The Feet for Francis Pilgrimage of Love and Mercy reached its penultimate stop Sept. 26, pulling into St. Philomena Parish just in time for 5:15 Mass.Read More

A pilgrimage is not a pilgrimage without sacrifice.For me, they have included not being able to own this story. I had unrealistic plans to walk every step of every day’s planned walk, take photos and video and write about it, but then media interest intensified and there were not enoughRead More

The time to educate young people about leading lives of sexual integrity doesn’t start when they hit puberty, Erika Bachiochi said.Read More

Dealing with war, development, the economy or environment, bureaucrats and diplomats always must remember that the lives of real people are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations.Read More

Parishioners from the Archdiocese of Baltimore are leaving the World Meeting of Families with ideas for renewing family life.Read More

Pat Hamilton, Laura Hamilton and Paul Tiller“This machine kills fascists,” was the message Woody Guthrie wrote on his guitar.“This machine evangelizes,” needs to be added to the paint scheme on the 15-passenger van the Loaves and Fishes Ministry from St. Ignatius Parish in Baltimore donated to Feet for Francis/the PilgrimageRead More