ROME – An Iraqi archbishop said justice should be served, but no death sentence should be handed down to eight defendants facing charges of genocide in Iraq.Read More
Brimming with history, the Stone Chapel at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, has welcomed worshipers since 1866. Once a mission of St. Ignatius in Hickory, this quaint and authentic stone structure served area Catholics for 98 years before St. Francis de Sales became a parish in 1964. In 1992, with more than 3,500 parishioners, St....Read More
NEW YORK – If you’re a 1943 graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy in Davenport, Iowa, and you lost your class photo, you’re in luck. Rita Piro has a copy.Read More
It was during a trip to Poland more than 15 years ago when Father Michael Roach last celebrated the traditional Latin Mass – only the third time in his 37-year priesthood he had celebrated the liturgy he knew from his youth.Read More
The North American Conference of Associates and Religious (NACAR) will meet May 30-June 1 at the Sheraton Premier at Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, Va., for their annual conference.Read More
As part of an ongoing celebration of the 200th anniversary of the elevation of Baltimore to archdiocesan status, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien introduced the John Carroll Lecture series April 22 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore. The series focuses on the history and heritage of...Read More
“Every day I coach is better than the day before,” said longtime head coach Gene Hoffman of his running and track programs at Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore.Read More
ROME – The head of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay, said the time is not right for reconciliation with the Vatican, despite expanded freedom to use the Tridentine rite.Read More
Among the throngs of Catholics who greeted Pope Benedict XVI during his papal visit to the United States were scores of government officials, institutional leaders and other dignities.Read More