VATICAN CITY – U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley said his first trip to the Holy Land as grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher was “both inspiring and informative.”Read More

ANNAPOLIS – Leaders from the Archdiocese of Baltimore are urging state lawmakers to pass a bill requiring law enforcement agencies to notify nonpublic school superintendents or principals when one of their students is arrested for a serious crime.Read More

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore received a $1.2 million grant, allowing it to double the size of its Home Connections program that provides permanent housing to the chronically homeless in Baltimore City.Read More

As Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien toured three Catholic Charities’ programs that care for children with severe emotional disturbances and developmentally disabled adults Jan. 16, he was thunderstruck by the motto “Cherish the Divine Within” written in one of the Timonium buildings.Read More

VATICAN CITY – It was a first, at least in modern times: In Rome, the center of the Catholic world and the capital of Catholic Italy, a pope felt unwelcome to give a speech at the public university.Read More

DETROIT – To the cheers of hundreds of kids involved in Little League baseball, Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez announced Jan. 13 a new scholarship to help young people from southwest Detroit go to college.Read More

The newly formed Mid-Atlantic Catholic Schools Consortium has made significant strides strengthening Catholic education in the year since the Annapolis-based organization was launched, according to Dr. Mary Ellen Hrutka, executive director.Read More

When their daughter was 4 years old, Carol Ruggiero’s husband, Jim Ruggiero, situated the family train around the base of the Christmas tree.Read More