WASHINGTON – Religious leaders have renewed their call to Congress seeking the immediate closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Read More

The memory of Saturday, June 26, 2004 will be with me forever as a special day. It was the day of my priestly ordination at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. I remember promising respect and obedience to Cardinal Keeler and his successors as Archbishop of Baltimore. I remember my hands being anointed with sacred...Read More

The baseball team from Bishop Walsh School, Cumberland, put it all together May 24 in Potomac, defeating The Heights 13-0 to capture its third state title in the school’s history.Read More

MILWAUKEE -–Frank Aukofer retired after 40 years with the Milwaukee Journal in 2000, but said he had so much fun as a newspaper reporter in the last half of the 20th century that he wanted to share the experiences.Read More

MEXICO CITY – Catholic leaders in Honduras lauded a political agreement that aimed to end the four-month political crisis sparked by a June coup that unseated President Manuel Zelaya.Read More

The Boy Scouts of America paid special tribute to U.S. Navy Petty Officer David Roddy, who sacrificed his life in Iraq, as well as 89 other military members, both living and dead, in a May 25 ceremony in an honor garden outside Patterson Mill Middle/High School in Bel Air.Read More

Before moving forward let’s review. One week ago, we saw that the church considers the Liturgy of the Word power-packed. What the liturgy’s actions say, the word of God enacts, or as the “Catechism of the Catholic Church says: “The liturgical word and action are inseparable both insofar as they are signs and instruction and...Read More

ROME – Dissident theologian Father Hans Kung criticized Pope Benedict XVI for his recent opening to discontented Anglicans, charging the pope was “fishing” for the most conservative Christians to the detriment of the larger church.Read More