From hero worship of a Baseball Hall of Fame centerfielder to holding his own in serious pick-up basketball games to name-dropping the Ravens’ No. 1 draft choice, sports are an enduring reference point and release for Bishop W. Francis Malooly.Read More
Three weeks after Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop W. Francis Malooly the new bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., Baltimore’s native son sat down with The Catholic Review July 28 to discuss his role as a bishop, his goals for his new diocese and his thoughts about the state of today’s church.Read More
When Fran and Paul Ibello met a seminarian named W. Francis “Fran” Malooly at St. Joseph, they didn’t know their budding friendship would touch generations of their family – with good-hearted jokes and laughs in the mix.Read More
When Monsignor John O. Barres heard that Bishop W. Francis Malooly was going to be named the ordinary of the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., he looked for a cross he owned.Read More
Bishop W. Francis Malooly may handle numerous duties from his seventh-floor office at 320 Cathedral St., but one of his greatest joys has been working with the youth of the archdiocese.Read More
As the people of the western vicariate continue to say their farewells to Bishop W. Francis Malooly, the boards he served on are scrambling to figure out how to replace him.Read More
Three young men sat handcuffed on a corner at the intersection of Druid Hill Avenue and McMechen Street Aug. 18. The reflection of blue and red lights of city police vehicles flashed across their faces and the dilapidated buildings of the crime-plagued neighborhood in West Baltimore.Read More
LAKE FOREST, Calif. – The presumptive presidential nominees of the nation’s two major political parties Aug. 16 tried to define themselves in religious terms on topics ranging from their personal moral failings to how to deal with climate change during a televised forum from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI, lamenting the high number of traffic accidents over the summer holiday period, called on Christians to make “a personal examination of conscience” about the way they drive.Read More
NEW YORK – Growing up in a family where “difference was normative” proved to be excellent preparation for Monsignor Robert Stern’s priestly career of building bridges between and among different cultural groups.Read More