A large lead pipe with the Latin inscription, "Sancti Paul", is seen in an archeological site adjacent to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the walls in Rome Sept. 6. The pipe fed fresh water to a residence for the poor at the site, which contains the remains of structures from late antiquity and the...Read More
Missing columns are brought to life by rings of cloth threads at an archaeological site adjacent to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the walls is pictured in Rome Sept. 6. The site contains the remains of structures from late antiquity and the medieval period that were built near the shrine to St. Paul. Unearthed...Read More
Debra Messing and John Cho, center right, star in a scene from the movie "Searching." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Sony)Read More
Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, leaves the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2014. Cardinal Stella said the current abuse crisis facing the church would not have been so grave if laity were more involved in the formation of priests. (CNS...Read More
The Calvert Hall College High School Marching Band includes, from left, sophomores Toroian Neblett and Jason Walter, senior Sam Little, junior Emerson Clay and senior Jack Little. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Mercy High School’s Abigail Brannon, from left, and Sierra Johnson; Notre Dame Preparatory School’s Charlotte Lynch; and Calvert Hall’s Eric Kane and Francis Antonyraj perform in the Dundalk Fourth of July Parade. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Sandra Fink, a substitute teacher at St. Joan of Arc School in Aberdeen, talks with a new pre-K student on the first day of school Sept. 4. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Megan Blackburn, physical education teacher at St. Joan of Arc School in Aberdeen, welcomes students back to school Sept. 4. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori speaks with students in Kerry Rand’s religion class during a visit to St. Joan of Arc School in Aberdeen Sept. 4. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More