Even though we never knew him personally though, Georgie is so important to me—and to our family.

On the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi setting up the first Nativity scene, the creche in St. Peter’s Square in 2023 will come from the Diocese of Rieti, Italy, and pay tribute to the scene set up in the diocese in 1223.

Cientos de católicos de toda la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore se congregaron en el Seminario y Universidad de Santa María en Roland Park el 21 de octubre para un Festival de la Familia Hispana, destinado a celebrar la cultura hispana, promover vocaciones y fomentar valores familiares.

Hundreds of Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore converged on St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park Oct. 21 for a Hispanic Family Festival meant to celebrate Hispanic culture, promote vocations and nurture family values.

As the world prayed for peace in the Holy Land Oct. 27, Pope Francis called for the war to halt and prayers to continue during the Angelus Oct. 29, as death toll in Gaza passed 8,000 and Israeli troops gradually increased their ground activity in the Gaza Strip, without calling it an “invasion.”