DAMASCUS, Md. – When the U.S. men’s national soccer team takes the field in South Africa June 12 to face England in the World Cup, parishioners from St. Paul Parish in Damascus will be rooting for one of their own.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said the Year for Priests might have been ruined by the clerical sex abuse scandal, but instead became a “summons to purification” in the church.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Meeting with nearly 10,000 priests from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI expressed the church’s gratitude for their ministry and encouraged them to resist secularizing influences.Read More
FREDERICK – One day when his dad was working on the roof of a cabin, 4-year-old Dillon Fitzgerald decided to climb a 10-foot ladder and see what was happening.Read More
Emily Neil, a recent graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School has a wide range of interests, including Spanish, writing, painting and the Baltimore Orioles.Read More
BEL AIR – Kate Froehlich figures that journalism will thrive, as long as the field is blessed with curious people who are conscientious about keeping the public informed.Read More
As 65 young men took their seats in the front pews of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary May 29, they were filled with the thoughts many high school seniors have on their graduation day.Read More
As captain of the varsity volleyball team, treasurer for the National Honor Society and a National Art Society member with a 4.0 grade point average, 18-year-old Johanna Laue has been in the spotlight at Mercy High School in Baltimore.Read More
NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Wayne Riley, who is president, CEO and a professor at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., told Catholic media professionals June 4 he feels the new health care reform law was aimed mostly at reforming health insurance.Read More
WASHINGTON – Those who were conceived through sperm donation are more likely to experience depression, delinquency and substance abuse than their counterparts who were adopted or raised by their biological parents, according to a new survey by the New York-based Commission on Parenthood’s Future.Read More