Most living rooms hold the typical décor: couch, reclining chair, television, table and credenza. Father E. Gerard Huesman’s modest apartment in Timonium contains all that, plus one additional fixture – an altar.Read More

As infants, Donald and Jack Hemling were developmentally delayed. By the time the boys were 15 months old, their parents - Caroline and Henry - had them tested. They were six months behind where they should have been.Read More

There was one family from Mount Savage that was skipped over in the Your Parish profile of St. Patrick (CR, Nov. 19). That family of John and Ellen (Daley) Mattingly had 11 children, four of whom became religious, two Notre Dames, one Sister of Charity and one Redemptorist priest. They also have a nephew who...Read More

Although a full schedule allowed him to participate only briefly in the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said it was important to be present to show his support.Read More

Looking back to the day a delegate for Pope Paul VI asked him to become the founding bishop of Orlando, Fla., 40 years ago, Archbishop William D. Borders admitted he was somewhat shocked.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has asked the president of the Irish bishops’ conference and the archbishop of Dublin to come to the Vatican to discuss “the painful situation of the church in Ireland” following a report detailing the church’s failures in addressing clerical sexual abuse.Read More

My little cat, Pharaoh, died Oct. 25th. My friend, who is the ‘mother’ of my cats, was with me in Pharaoh’s final agony. His final death-bed cry pierced our hearts. We knew it was time to let him go.Read More

Zina Smith couldn’t stop shaking her head.Read More