Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of March 22 as Franciscan friars closed the monthlong public veneration of the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, which drew more than 370,000 pilgrims from around the world to pray before the beloved saint.

Bill Baird, former chief financial officer for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, shared photos of his grand-uncle, including one of Cardinal Shehan presenting him with his diploma from what is now Loyola Blakefield in Towson.

¿Sientes que Dios tiene un plan más grande para tus talentos? En el episodio de hoy entrevistamos a Cynthia Psencik, quien pasó del mundo de la moda en Nueva York a dirigir programas de liderazgo femenino. Nos cuenta cómo The GIVEN Institute está formando a la próxima generación de mujeres líderes católicas. Cynthia nos explica la importancia de tener una mentora y cómo el “don de sí” puede transformar tu carrera y tu fe.

“Our research shows that Cardinal Karol Wojtyla did not transfer priests from parish to parish when he learned of their criminal activities, but he took quick action, and some of his decisions were above-standard for the time,” the March 13 report’s lead said.

Chairmen of several U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees wrote in a letter to key House lawmakers that they support a bill that would establish an effort to investigate and document the histories and practices of Indian boarding schools, and their long-term effects on Native American peoples.