Numerous unmarked gravesites were discovered in the wooded area surrounding the Sacred Heart Chapel in Bowie, likely the final resting place of enslaved people who toiled on the property hundreds of years ago.
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Catholic advocates praise Biden administrative actions to combat child migrant labor exploitation
The departments of Labor and Health and Human Services said they would audit the vetting process of adults who sponsor migrant children out of government custody, and increase their efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of child exploitation.
COVID-era SNAP payments end as inflation soars, drawing Catholic concern over US food insecurity
A pandemic-era program that provided extra payments to Americans who qualify for food stamps ended March 1, causing concern for some Catholic advocates about how low-income individuals and families will put food on the table.
Mourners pray for migrants killed in shipwreck off Italian coast; Greece’s worst train crash in history leaves many dead
Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta of Crotone-Santa Severina joined other faith leaders, local officials and members of the public March 1 in praying for migrants aboard a wooden boat who died in a Feb. 26 shipwreck off the southern Italian coast.
‘Bravo Mayor Adams!’ NYC mayor’s speech on state and religion draws Catholic kudos
Blunt remarks by New York City Mayor Eric Adams at a Feb. 28 interfaith breakfast made waves amid critics’ accusations of intolerance. However, some Catholic leaders praised the mayor’s remarks about the importance of faith to society as being on point.
Young organist at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is ‘remarkable talent’
Kuzepski follows in a long line of esteemed organists at the cathedral, but what makes the Delaware native different from his predecessors and what can be somewhat shocking to visitors is his age.
‘Sorry’ is not enough: Abuse victims need answers, support, pope says
For the month of March, the pope dedicated his prayer intention for the victims of abuse. Child Abuse Prevention Month is observed in April in the United States.
Faith on the frontlines: How the pope’s support is manifested in Ukraine
Along with the Our Father sung at the end of his weekly general audience or his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis has added to these public events for the last year his own heartfelt prayers for the martyred people of Ukraine.
Pope remembers late L.A. bishop’s ‘profound concern for the poor’
Pope Francis praised the late Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles for his “profound concern for the poor, immigrants and those in need” in a telegram following his murder.
NDMU basketball team dances into NCAA DIII tournament
The Notre Dame of Maryland University women’s basketball team is going dancing, heralding a new era for the athletics program at the North Baltimore school.
West Virginia AG defends state abortion law after federal challenge from state’s lone abortion clinic
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey defended a state law restricting abortion in most circumstances from a legal challenge brought by the state’s lone abortion facility in federal court.
At 10 years, Pope Francis makes Americans ‘uncomfortable’ in their political views, Cardinal Wilton Gregory says
As Pope Francis prepares to mark the tenth anniversary of his pontificate in March, one hallmark of his papacy has been to make both sides of the American political aisle “uncomfortable,” panelists, including Washington’s Cardinal Wilton Gregory, said at a Feb. 28 event hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life.