On April 18, a very special ceremony will take place during halftime of the St. Mary’s High School boys’ lacrosse game as the No. 4 Saints face the No. 3 Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Dons at St. Mary’s new turf field at St. John Neumann, Annapolis.Read More

WASHINGTON – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s address to Catholic educators April 17 at The Catholic University of America in Washington.Read More

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI urged U.S. Catholic educators April 17 not to simply transmit knowledge to their students but to bring them to a deeper understanding of faith “which in turn nurtures the soul of a nation.”Read More

WASHINGTON – The pope doesn’t visit a U.S. college campus very often. So when four seniors at The Catholic University of America heard that Pope Benedict XVI was coming to their campus, the roommates knew they wanted to witness it.Read More

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI held an unscheduled meeting with victims of priestly sexual abuse, shortly after pledging the church’s continued efforts to help heal the wounds caused by such acts.Read More

Father Alban Harmon was a junior in high school when he knew he was called to be a Passionist priest.Read More

PITTSBURGH – Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh was among those who testified on behalf of Pennsylvania’s proposed Marriage Protection Amendment at a hearing April 10 at the Allegheny County Courthouse.Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s bishops and a group of Jesuits in the country called on the government to put in place short- and medium-term plans to address the hunger crisis driven by a hike in world food staples.Read More