Dave Lanham, athletic director at St. Mary’s High School, Annapolis, will leave his post at the end of the academic year for a similar position at Meade High School in Anne Arundel County.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – A Redemptorist priest has used a quote by the 37th president of the United States to describe the situation of the Catholic Church as the Irish clerical sex abuse scandal continues to unfold.Read More
WASHINGTON – Morning commuters found themselves surrounded on subway trains by a peculiar weekday morning sight – thousands of people climbing aboard as early as 5 a.m. to attend a Mass at Nationals Park celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI.Read More
Summer is ending and so, it appears, is many people’s patience with health care reform. The daily barrage of information, disinformation and ambiguous answers about the proposals is wearing thin the enthusiasm that should accompany overhaul of a system so obviously in need of reform.Read More
WASHINGTON – Here is the text of President George W. Bush’s remarks welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the South Lawn of the White House April 16.Read More
When Bishop John Carroll took possession of what was then the Diocese of Baltimore in December 1790, America’s first Catholic bishop faced tremendously daunting challenges. With few resources, he was called to build parishes and schools, raise a native clergy and meet the pastoral needs of a diocese that encompassed the entire country.Read More
When Monsignor Myles McGowan turned 90, he bought a brand-new car. Auxiliary Bishop William C. Newman remembers gently asking his good friend why the long-retired priest needed new wheels at his age.Read More
In an April 13 prayer service and ceremony at St. Ann in Hagerstown, Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, will recognize the outstanding service of 35 Catholics in the central region of the western vicariate by conferring on them the archdiocesan Medal of Honor. The medal is made of lucite with the coat of arms...Read More
When 10 Episcopal nuns in Catonsville join the Roman Catholic Church in September, they hope to form the first “diocesan institute” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops April 8 announced the routes Pope Benedict XVI will take in his popemobile April 16 and 17 in Washington.Read More
LONDON - A Scottish priest who served at Lockerbie, Scotland, at the time an airliner was blown from the sky by terrorists has welcomed the release from jail of the only person convicted of the attack.Read More