This year’s Rite of Election in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was beautiful. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen was filled to overflowing. Nearly 800 catechumens and candidates for reception into the church were joined by their godparents, sponsors, families and friends.

Shawn Pourifarsi joined UMBC’s Catholic Retrievers as a freshman and began Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) sessions his sophomore year. Now, he and eight others are preparing to enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.

Technology should be used to improve people’s lives and to connect people as members of one human family, Pope Francis said.

En esta edición de Protagonistas de Fe, Ana López, orginaria del Sur de California y creadora de ‘Liturgies for Latinas’ nos relata su jornada de fe, su amor y pasión por los diferentes proyectos en los que esta involucrada, y sobre como su fe la ha llevado a crear espacios para las mujeres y la evangelización: “La Iglesia nos dice que los laicos son instrumentos de Dios, por la virtud de nuestro bautismo tenemos el llamado de ser profetas. El Espíritu Santo llama. Las mujeres siempre han estado presentes, lo vemos desde las Sagradas Escrituras, que Dios ha llamado a las mujeres para participar en la Evangelizacion para seguir a Jesus y ejercer ministerios. Es importante resaltar eso.”

The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted a four-day event to promote the abolition of the death penalty. Its March 24-27 Death Penalty Abolition Week brought to campus nationally known and respected opponents of the death penalty.