WASHINGTON -- Like most parish priests, Msgr. Stephen Rossetti celebrates Mass, baptizes babies, gives marriage preparation talks and provides pastoral care that often involves listening to people or praying with them.
He also frequently blesses baseball bats.
That's because the priest,...
VATICAN CITY — An Italian author who was once tried and acquitted by a Vatican court for publishing leaked documents is claiming in a new book that decades of mismanagement, shady deals and decreasing donations will leave the Vatican...
By Carole Norris Greene
The major networks did not lead off with the death of Maryland Congressman Elijah Eugene Cummings the evening of Oct. 17, the day Cummings died while in hospice care in his beloved Baltimore. Word of his...
VATICAN CITY -- Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him, not for oneself or one's clique of like-minded believers, Pope Francis said.
"What instructions does the...
Doesn't every ecumenical council of the church, drawing bishops together from around the world, begin and conclude on definite dates? Yes, but no. When, after all, did the First Vatican Council close?
It adjourned in 1870, as realities of the...
The 150th anniversary of the opening of the First Vatican Council will fall on Dec. 8, 2019. Most people know little about Vatican I except that it defined papal infallibility. Few doctrines have generated as much debate and tension...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Jennifer Kraska has been appointed as the new executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, effective Oct. 21.
Kraska has served as executive director of the Colorado Catholic Conference for the past 12 years, and brings extensive...
Saint Mark's and St. Elizabeth will take their soccer up a few levels on Wednesday when they meet at Talen Energy Stadium as the regular season enters its final full week. Meanwhile, there are three weeks to go in...
Volleyball's regular season comes to an end next weekend, while field hockey enters the last full week of its regular campaign. Both sports, particularly volleyball, feature matchups that have been anticipated since the schedules came out months ago. A...
NEW CASTLE — It may have been Nicky Carrell’s birthday, but the Saint Mark’s freshman was the one doing the giving. His goal four minutes into overtime lifted the Spartans to a 2-1 win at William Penn on Oct....