Kermit the Frog once sang “It’s not easy being green.” The leaders at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s downtown headquarters beg to differ, however.Read More

WASHINGTON – The U.S. electorate appears to have focused more on the struggling economy than social issues as they selected governors and members of Congress, with Democrats making gains throughout the country.Read More

Dennis M. Murphy gestured toward bare shelves in the walk-in refrigerator at Our Daily Bread in Baltimore.Read More

More than a year ago, students from three different Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore promised they would come together to refurbish a fire-damaged home in the Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore City.Read More

VATICAN CITY – On the eve of the first meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum, the cardinal responsible for the dialogue said he hoped it would open “a new chapter” in a long history of Catholic-Muslim relations.Read More

ROME – Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the 1968 encyclical “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) has cut off the church from many of the people who most need its advice about human sexuality.Read More

WASHINGTON – When Father Peter Stravinskas went to Catholic high school back in the 1960s, tuition was initially $150 a year. By the time he graduated it had doubled. Now the school’s annual tuition of about $8,000 not only gives him pause but also keeps him extremely busy.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The death of a loved one brings pain and sadness, but Christians believe their loved ones will have eternal life in Jesus Christ and that they will be united again with them in heaven, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More