If there’s one thing the Podhorniak family knows, it is how to get things done. Rosemary Podhorniak smiles when she talks about her triplet sons - Nicholas, Matthew and Jimmy - ascending to Eagle Scout status May 21 in a ceremony at St. Joseph, Fullerton, but the boys just shrug their shoulders as if to...Read More
I completely agree with Monsignor Damien Nalepa (CR, May 20) in which he states “Half of the guns turned in were lethal weapons capable of great harm.” In the city of Newark, N.J., violent deaths caused by guns have decreased over 60 percent, because of the gun buy-back. We are committed to the sanctity of...Read More
ROME - Standing on the rooftop of the Pontifical North American College, Monsignor James Checchio smiled as he looked out onto the Eternal City six stories below and marveled at the 450-foot grand dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, pristine gardens and ancient buildings visible from every direction.Read More
Nearly two months after succeeding the late Archbishop William D. Borders as the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s oldest priest, Father E. Gerard Huesman died June 7. The former pastor and longtime hospital chaplain was 95.Read More
The Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged, Catonsville, have welcomed new leadership both at the home and the provincial level. The home’s new mother superior, Sister Alice Marie Monica, L.S.P., arrived in Baltimore from the Little Sisters of the Poor Our Lady of Hope residence in Latham, N.Y. Her...Read More
MIAMI - The deluge let up just as the festivities began. Two hours later, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski emerged from St. Mary Cathedral into bright sunlight, having officially been installed as Miami’s fourth archbishop.Read More
QUEBEC CITY – Christians “are hardly yet able to speak of a common table” when it comes to Communion, the Canadian Council of Churches president told a few hundred people at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress.Read More
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The violence that shook Jamaica’s capital in late May stems from a combination of economic woes, drugs, corruption and the country’s history of power politics, said church leaders.Read More
Father William J. O’Brien III knows every minute crack in the wall, every burned-out light bulb and every fading panel on the vivid stained-glass windows of his stunning church.Read More
Occasionally, a guest contribution occupies this space. A recent column by Kenneth L. Woodward in the weekly Commonweal struck me as timely and insightful. Given its length, the second part of the article will appear next week.Read More