The Souper Bowl of Caring began in 1990 with a simple prayer during a Super Bowl weekend Presbyterian service in South Carolina. It has grown into a national ecumenical movement that has raised $10 million for the poor.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The cardinal serving as papal delegate for the Legionaries of Christ has set up a five-man commission to listen to victims of the Legionaries’ founder and present their claims to the order.Read More
As a State Senate committee prepares to consider a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, leaders of the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC) are urging Catholics throughout the state to speak up in defense of traditional marriage.Read More
Interim superintendent Barbara Edmondson announced Jan. 28 that the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Department of Catholic Schools has developed a criteria and a process for designating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) schools.Read More
WASHINGTON – In an exchange of letters with the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the head of the Catholic Health Association has affirmed that the local bishop is the “authoritative interpreter” of the ethical and religious directives that guide Catholic health care.Read More
Sacred Heart School in Glyndon suffered a malfunction of the sprinkler system on the side of the building Jan. 24, causing administrators to cancel classes until Feb. 3.Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. – An amended bankruptcy reorganization plan filed by the Diocese of Wilmington includes the creation of a $74 million trust that church officials say would provide an estimated average payout of $750,000 to survivors of abuse by diocesan priests.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI invited Christians to join online social networks in order to spread the Gospel through digital media and discover “an entirely new world of potential friendships.”Read More
In 2007, after he was done with a stint at the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle (Pa.) Barracks, Col. Paul M. Nakasone was assigned to the National Security Administration in Fort Meade.Read More