It was God’s plan from all eternity that at this moment in history a man named Joseph Alois Ratzinger would one day be pope, the 264th successor of St. Peter. As vicar of Christ, he would continue on a universal level the three-fold ministry of Jesus as priest, prophet and king. Who were the people...Read More

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate hearing room was filled beyond capacity Feb. 8 as members of the Judicial Proceedings Committee heard passionate testimony for and against a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland.Read More

What a ride 2007-2008 was for head coach Jackie Boswell and The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore, basketball team. Boswell knew early on that her team, made up of a handful of talented seniors and an eager group of underclassmen, were going to make a run for the title.Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. – Bishop W. Francis Malooly said he hopes and prays that the Diocese of Wilmington’s recent settlement with survivors of clergy sexual abuse will begin the healing process for survivors and help the church “emerge purified and renewed.”Read More

After the contemporary music group at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baynesville, practices a song, the group’s director asks them to sing the last refrain again. And again, until they end the song just the right way.Read More

Leadership can come from those who bask in the spotlight as well as the unsung heroes who toil effectively in the background.Read More

WASHINGTON – A week after the Vatican announced that baptisms are invalid if they were not administered with the words “in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” the pastor at Christ the King Parish in Haddonfield, N.J., said he had not been inundated with questions from his...Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. – An amended bankruptcy reorganization plan filed by the Diocese of Wilmington includes the creation of a $74 million trust that church officials say would provide an estimated average payout of $750,000 to survivors of abuse by diocesan priests.Read More