The HUM Choir, comprised of Helping Up Mission residents, entertaining the participants during the remarks segment and prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the mission's renovated kitchen and dining room Dec. 19. (Rico De Silva/CR Staff)Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori gives the invocation during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for kitchen and dining room renovations at the Helping Up Mission in downtown Baltimore Dec. 19. (Rico De Silva/CR Staff)Read More
(Left) Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Maryland Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. and First Lady Yumi Hogan, serve lunch at the Helping Up Mission's renovated kitchen and dining room facilities downtown Baltimore Dec. 19. (Rico De Silva/CR Staff)Read More
Newly elected Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Poland embrace at the Vatican in this 1978 photo. Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Cardinal Wyszynski, St. John Paul's mentor. (CNS photo/Arturo Mari)Read More
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton. Father Peyton is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Family Theater Productions)Read More
Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who had been one of the United States' most powerful and respected bishops until his legacy was blemished by the devastating sexual abuse of minors by priests in his Archdiocese of Boston, died early Dec. 20 in Rome at the age of 86. He is pictured in a 2012 photo. (CNS...Read More
Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who had been one of the United States' most powerful and respected bishops until his legacy was blemished by the devastating sexual abuse of minors by priests in his Archdiocese of Boston, died early Dec. 20 in Rome at the age of 86.He is picture in a 2010 photo. (CNS photo/Paul...Read More
A woman venerates a relic of St. Jacinta Marto prior to a vigil Mass Oct. 12 celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City. St. Jacinta was one of the three children to whom Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Oct. 13 marked the 100th...Read More
Pope Francis blows out a candle on a 13-foot-long pizza during a special meeting to celebrate his 81st birthday Dec. 17 at the Vatican's Paul VI hall. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)Read More
Father Jeff Dauses, pastor of St. Andrew by the Bay in Annapolis poses with parishioner Marge Tsitouris and the “Homeless Jesus” statue. Tsitouris is the volunteer coordinator for the parish Winter Relief Program, which the parish will host Dec. 26 to Jan 2. (Rico De Silva/CR Staff)Read More
