Maxwell Gilbert, left, Adam Yastrzemsky, Michael Burns and John Bogdan rehearse with the St. John, Westminster, choir Oct. 18. The group is the only Catholic choir invited to join a nationwide ensemble that will perform “Smokey Mountain Christmas” at Carnegie Hall Nov. 27. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
St. Frances Academy defensive end Chris Braswell, right, celebrates as linebacker Osman Savage races to the end zone for a pick-six during their 44-7 MIAA championship victory over the Gilman School at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Field in Baltimore Nov. 19. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
St. Frances Academy quarterback Jalon Jones looks to avoid Gilman School defenders during the MIAA championship game at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Field in Baltimore Nov. 19. St. Frances beat Gilman 44-7. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
St. Frances Academy running back Joachim Bangda, right, and his teammates celebrate their 44-7 MIAA championship victory over the Gilman School at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Field in Baltimore Nov. 19. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Students wait in line outside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in 2015. (CNS photo/Barbara Johnston, University of Notre Dame)Read More
Pope Francis leads grace before eating lunch with the poor in the Paul VI hall after celebrating Mass marking the first World Day of the Poor at the Vatican Nov. 19. Some 1,200 poor people joined the pope for the meal. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Read More
Blessed Solanus Casey was beatified during a Mass Nov. 18 at Ford Field in Detroit. The Capuchin Franciscan friar is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/The Michigan Catholic)Read More
People walk outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Nov. 8. The court announced Nov. 13 that it will hear a freedom of speech case involving a 2016 California law that requires the state's 200 crisis pregnancy centers to inform their clients, in specific detail, about the availability of free or low-cost abortion and contraceptive...Read More
Good Shepherd Sisters Mary Becker, left, Carmen Flores and Gayle Lwanga Crumbley pray in the chapel of their Halethorpe campus Nov. 10. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Good Shepherd Sisters Mary Carol McClenon, left, and Gayle Lwanga Crumbley share stories of their ministry at their Halethorpe campus Nov. 10. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Johnny Depp stars in a scene from the movie "Murder on the Orient Express." 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/Fox)Read More
