The family, society's most important social unit, is in crisis, threatened by any number of factors ranging from absentee parents to pornography and sexual addictions to social injustice, consumerism and poverty, says Catholic archbishop.

Under increasing legal and political pressure the Obama administration issued a new rule Friday designed to ensure female employees have access to birth control while accommodating religious employers that object to covering it through their health insurance plans.

Archbishop William E. Lori invites religious leaders throughout our city and state to join him, parishioners of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and all people of good will for an inter-religious and ecumenical prayer service on Sunday, August 24, at 2 p.m. at the Basilica in downtown Baltimore. Though we may differ in our beliefs, we are united by a common desire for peace and by our belief in the power of prayer.

The Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case will determine whether government can force its beliefs on private citizens.

Whose freedom are the bishops protecting in their 'Fortnight for Freedom'?

The government can start enforcing the mandate requiring employers to authorize employee coverage for birth control now on faith-based non-profits that haven't gotten relief from the courts. So now is the time for Congress to act to at least delay, if not lift altogether, this onerous burden from our ministries.

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to jump into a growing legal dispute between businesses run by conservative Christians and the Obama administration over whether a company must pay for birth control drugs that conflict with its owner's religious beliefs.

The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday took a step toward aligning themselves with Pope Francis, selecting as their next president Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky — a man who built a career on a foundation of personal faith and service to the poor.

At a time when the nation's top Roman Catholic leaders have been making headlines with their stands on religious liberty and immigration reform, Cardinal Timothy Dolan opened this year's convention of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by focusing his attention beyond American borders.

The nation's top Catholic bishops will convene this week in Baltimore to choose a new leader, a decision that will help set the course for an American church striving to build its appeal while grappling with stances on immigration and contraception coverage.

The Rev. Terrence "Terry" Toland, a Jesuit priest who was a former president of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and had been campus minister at Loyola University Maryland, died Oct. 18 of heart failure at Manresa Hall, Loyola Center, in Merion, Pa. He was 90.

The passage of sweeping immigration legislation would mean "everything" to the 16-year-old girl from El Salvador who can't forget the image of her father's arrest and subsequent deportation, nor her own fear of being unable to pursue her dreams without so much as a green card.

As Catholic institutions across the country sue the Obama administration over new health insurance rules, Baltimore's new archbishop is scheduled to speak in Washington this week at a conference focusing on "Rising Threats to American Religious Freedom."

Edwin F. O'Brien of Archdiocese of Baltimore writes letter saying church will not comply with birth control mandate under health care reform.

Baltimore's Catholic archdiocese, the oldest in the nation, can once again claim one of the highest ranking members of the church hierarchy as its leader.

Catholic leaders, meeting in Baltimore this week, fail to put society's main problems front and center