ROME – Calling the Blessed Virgin Mary the “first tabernacle that gave a home to Jesus,” Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated a June 27 Mass for more than 100 pilgrims inside the ornately decorated Borghese Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.Read More

In addition to maintaining his duties as pastor of Sacred Heart in Glyndon, Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken is taking on new responsibilities as pastor of St. Charles Borromeo in Pikesville. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien appointed the 64-year-old pastor to his new post effective Jan. 1.Read More

DUBLIN, Ireland – The Irish bishops have apologized as a group for clerical abuse of children and agreed to work with the government to set up a mechanism to ensure that abuse allegations are properly handled.Read More

WASHINGTON – Europe and Iraq were ranked among the 10 “worst places for refugees” in the 2008 World Refugee Survey for policies such as “warehousing” refugees for decades or for forcing them back to dangerous situations in their homelands.Read More

As Deacon Gregory Rapisarda of St. Margaret, Bel Air, stood in the sanctuary of the nation’s first cathedral and watched his son John Christopher Rapisarda become a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore June 21, a sense of awe came over him.Read More

A handful of men, wearing neckties and taking notes, absorb instructions on how to impress a prospective employer.Read More

Sister Patricia Anne Bossle will step down as Seton Keough High School’s president June 31, 2010.Read More

PERTH, Australia – The Australian bishops have undertaken a nationwide newspaper advertising blitz, inviting lapsed Catholics to return and asking for forgiveness for any hurt the church caused individuals in the past.Read More