MEXICO CITY – Simon Bolivar, known as the Liberator of the Americas, dreamed of a united Latin America, stretching from the Northern Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. He is credited with winning independence of at least five South American countries in the early 1800s. And he remains revered in those countries and much of Latin...Read More

The Cardinal Gibbons School is among those being consolidated by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, according to the school’s Web site and a member of the school’s Board of Trustees.Read More

WASHINGTON – If the United States is to engage the world in a more effective and meaningful way, it must broaden its view of the role of religion in other countries beyond terrorism and counterterrorism strategies, a new report concluded.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has invited a Salesian priest, an expert in early Christianity, to lead his annual Lenten retreat.Read More

WASHINGTON – When Americans fill out their census forms April 1, none of the 10 questions will ask about their religion.Read More

When the Baltimore area has gotten more snow this winter than my native Chicago area (45 inches as of Feb. 8, compared to 32 inches in the Windy City), something must be terribly wrong with the balance of nature. Yes, we’ve heard all about the El Niño effect, and moisture coming from the Gulf of...Read More

Although he acknowledged that the path to the elimination of nuclear weapons will be “long and treacherous,” Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said humanity “must walk this path with both care and courage in order to build a future free of the nuclear threat.”Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien thanked a group of Maryland Catholic business leaders for the centrality of their faith Jan. 27 after a Mass and dinner for the Baltimore chapter of Legatus.Read More