Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark E. Brennan listens as Owen Charles, with the Immigration Outreach Service Center at St. Matthew Church in Northwood thanks the Catholic Campaign for Human Development for the grant his organization received during an awards luncheon at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Baltimore Aug. 24. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark E. Brennan, fourth from left, and St. Francis of Assisi Church Pastor Monsignor William F. Burke, are joined by organization representatives who received grants from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development during an awards luncheon hosted at the Baltimore parish Aug. 24. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
During the Aug. 23 dedication of a pro-life monument at the Patapsco Council #1960 in Catonsville, participants prayed the living rosary. The monument memorializes lives lost to abortion. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
During the Aug. 23 dedication of a pro-life monument at the Patapsco Council 1960 in Catonsville, participants prayed the living rosary. The monument memorializes lives lost to abortion. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Brian Protzman, an Eagle Scout candidate with Troop 456 at St. Mark Church in Catonsville, helped establish a prayer garden near a pro-life memorial on the grounds of the Knights of Columbus Patapsco Council 1960 in Catonsville. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Pope Francis speaks during an audience with participants in Italy's National Liturgical Week in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 24. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)Read More
During the 50th anniversary of the Esperanza Center in Baltimore in 2013, Mercy Sister Mary Neil Corcoran poses with William McCarthy Jr., executive director of Catholic Charities. (Courtesy Catholic Charities)Read More
Evelyn Rosario of the Hispanic Apostolate in Fells Point presents Mercy Sister Mary Neil Corcoran with a retirement gift in this 2002 file photo. (CR file)Read More
Ryan Reynolds stars in a scene from the movie "The Hitman's Bodyguard." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Lionsgate)Read More
People attend Mass at Knock Shrine in Ireland Aug. 21. The Mass launched the one-year countdown to the 2018 World Meeting of Families in Ireland. (CNS photo/courtesy John McElroy)Read More