I always liked the definition of coincidence as: “When God remains anonymous.” When things or people show up in our lives that make a difference in our lives, I like to think that they were brought by God. Allow me to offer an example.Read More

NEW ORLEANS – The Catholic Review earned 10 Catholic Press Awards, including multiple first-place honors for an Independent Living special section and a third-place for Senior Writer George P. Matysek Jr. in the Individual Excellence category.Read More

CATONSVILLE – At a time when convents are shuttering across the country, leaders of Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville announced plans June 4 for a new convent that will house the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia who work in the all-girls school.Read More

VATICAN CITY – As part of the closing events for the Year for Priests, the Legionaries of Christ hosted top Vatican officials for a conference on the priest as the “image of the Good Shepherd.”Read More

WASHINGTON – Road construction and other infrastructure improvements are beginning outside of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince in a wide-ranging effort to rebuild parts of the country devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake.Read More

Three days before his church’s new altar, ambo and baptismal font were to be dedicated June 5, Monsignor Richard J. Bozzelli marveled at the new additions. Inside the spectacular Florentine-style church in Baltimore City, they appeared humble, rather than gaudy.Read More

ROME – As thousands of priests arrived in Rome for events marking the end of the Year for Priests, two other groups of Catholics arrived with some very specific requests.Read More

When Deacon Gregory Rapisarda’s wife of nearly four decades died of cancer in 2006, she left a note for her husband and four children.Read More