Monsignor Edward J. Lynch, 77, was baptized nine days after his birth in his home parish of Immaculate Conception, Towson. The Baltimore native and Loyola College of Maryland graduate was ordained 50 years ago in 1957. The first parish he served was the former Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Woodlawn (now St. Gabriel);...Read More
The Respect Life ministry at St. John in Westminster is leading a campaign to open a crisis pregnancy center in Carroll County, and its pastor is doing his part to help the effort.Read More
WASHINGTON – Support Our Aging Religious, a national organization working to help U.S. religious congregations finance the retirement of their elderly and infirm members, will distribute $1 million in grants to 58 religious congregations this year.Read More
When Catholics dig into their pockets for the second collection in parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore Aug. 4-5, their contributions will go to spread the word about the Church and for academic scholarships for The Catholic University of America.Read More
ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Martin J. O’Malley said he will take a leadership role in passing same-sex marriage legislation in Maryland next year, promising in a July 22 press conference that he will sponsor legislation that would legalize gay marriage while also protecting the free exercise of religion.Read More
OMAHA, Neb. – Members of more than 275 churches in Omaha attended the Luis Palau Heartland Festival July 14-15 to listen to Palau and to praise Jesus. Omaha’s event was the first time a Catholic archdiocese or diocese had publicly endorsed the Palau festival, with Omaha Archbishop Elden F. Curtiss making an appearance onstage to...Read More
It’s time for a few true stories. A few weeks ago in the Mass readings, there was the story of Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed, and Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt. The reading from the book of Genesis read: “The man said to Lot: ‘Take your wife and flee!’ ” A...Read More
Brian and Barbara Bolger weren’t shocked when their son, Jesse, told them he wanted to become a priest. Parish priests had always been close friends of the family, they said, and Mr. Bolger’s uncle was also a clergyman who sometimes played basketball with the Bolgers.Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops have agreed to meet with a group of Catholic House Democrats to discuss how to pursue the goal of a “responsible transition” to end the war in Iraq.Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California has become the first state in the nation to require its public school social studies texts to specifically include the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s planned trip to the Holy Land was slowly taking shape in February, and the tentative schedule included a number of important pastoral and interreligious events.Read More